The free IAQ: Addressing Your Customers Concerns Seminar is Wednesday, April 26, 2012 at 12:30 – 1:30 am in Room B sponsored by Pure Air Control Services. Attendees will come to understand what are indoor air quality contaminants, monitoring and measuring for IAQ, How clean

Understanding where you are (baseline conditions) through science based evaluations provides you with the data to determine where you want to go (post remediation conditions) and provides one with the knowledge to determine the path (project specifications) by which you are going

Dr. Rajiv Sahay, Director of EDLab stated “to prevent and minimize the impact of these smoke particulate one should limit outdoor activity and closely monitor the indoor air especially those who are immuno-compromised.”

Legionnaires' disease can wreak havoc by creating emergency evaluations, emergency disinfection, negative reputations, bad publicity, reduced property values, legal liability and potentially huge expense.

Rising energy costs, lower maintenance budgets and decreased indoor air quality are challenges facing every facility manager across the country. But potential savings can located in the bowels of most buildings… the air handling systems.

Attend the Florida Building & Facility Maintenance Show on April 25-26, 2012 at the Florida State Fairgrounds – Expo Hall in Tampa Fl.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, bed bugs can carry more than 30 different human pathogens

Case in point: dirty or clogged commercial evaporator coils. Simply performing a deep cleansing with PURE-Steam coil Cleaning and Flushing can dramatically reduce energy costs, while improving in indoor air quality and with no chemicals.

Building Health Check, LLC, a FRACCA corporate sponsor, will showcase its do-it-yourself (DIY) IAQ Test Kits at the FRACCA annual conference on March 23-24. Look for the free IAQ SCREEN TEST KIT samples at the Building Health Check booth.

The M-Factor signifies “mold in buildings.” Mold is a symptom which is caused by an organism known as fungus. Mold can be visible with the naked eye and may be of various colors (black, white, green, or gray) and shapes.

The facilities show is designed to serve the needs of Facility Management and Maintenance professionals from across this region.

The courts stated that the studies were "statistically significant" and demonstrated "that exposure to mold caused the identified ill-health effects" and the court concluded that "it is undisputed that exposure to toxic molds is capable of causing the types of ailments from which

The evalu-aire DIY test kits were developed by the interdisciplinary scientists at Building Health Check. It is a simple, inexpensive, and quantitative battery of indoor air quality tests designed to identify baseline IAQ conditions of homes and buildings. Many industry professionals

A recent article in the ASHRAE Journal entitled Study Verifies Coil Cleaning Saves Energy revealed a $40,000 a year savings from just one air handling system as a result of the restoration of the air handler/coil system at the 1500 Broadway a 34 story skyscraper building in Times

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) report also added styrene to the list of substances that were reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens.

Radon is an odorless, tasteless and invisible gas produced by the decay of naturally occurring uranium in soil and water. Radon is a form of ionizing radiation and a proven carcinogen. Lung cancer is the only known effect on human health from exposure to radon in air

The late Dr. P. Ole Fanger, an expert on the health effects of indoor environments, who taught at Syracuse University, marveled at the hazards to which Americans unwittingly subjected their babies.

The manufacture of the DIY IAQ Screen Check product, Building Health Check, has a SPECIAL promotion to all consumers from March 7th through March 11 receive 10% off any of the IAQ Screen Check DIY test kits.

The least contaminated lipstick was Wet n' Wild Mega Mixers Lip Balm Bahama Mama at 0.026 ppm (parts per million). The product was also the cheapest brand. The highest lead level listed was Maybelline manufactured by L’Oreal USA lipsticks at 7.19 ppm. The average lead in all

The free two-day trade show also features seminars designed to bring the latest information on the products, technologies and services today’s maintenance and repair operation professionals need.