This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Penn State Professor and ASHRAE Immediate Past President William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. Bahnfleth is a professor and director of the Indoor Environment Center in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University-University Park. He holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He has more than 30 years of experience as a consulting ...
Jul 25, 2014•1 hr 13 min
This week on IAQ Radio we will be discussing Baubiology & Electromagnetic Fields (EMF's) with Nichole Bijlsma. Nicole is the founder of the Australian College of Environmental Studies in Melbourne, Australia. She is an accomplished naturopath, building biologist, writer and author who conducts lectures to doctors, natural therapists and builders about the health hazards in the home. Apart from an Honours degree in Acupuncture, she completed further training in Guangzhou TCM hospital (China) ...
Jul 18, 2014•1 hr 14 min
This week on IAQ Radio we are going to talk about one of the best if not the best document EPA has developed in 20 years. Terry Brennan and Lew Harriman join us to discuss the EPA document "Moisture Control Guidance for Building Design, Construction and Maintenance". If you do not have this document in your library, get it! Terry Brennan was the lead author for the EPA's new Guidance for Moisture Control in Buildings. He is a founder and managing partner of Camroden Associates, a building scienc...
Jul 11, 2014•1 hr 17 min
David Lark is Principal Mycologist at MouldLab, a Division of NSJ EnviroSciences Pty Ltd, one of Australiaâ??s few laboratories specialising in environmental mycology as it relates to indoor environments and the health of occupants. As a professional microbiologist and mycologist with over 30 years experience, David is a member of a number of relevant professional bodies including the Indoor Air Quality SIG, part of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ) he maintains current...
Jun 27, 2014•1 hr 8 min
This week on IAQ Radio Radio Joe and The Zman will be broadcasting live from the Violand Executive Summit in Canton, OH. We have an all star lineup of disaster restoration guests joining us in a conference room at the summit. We have put together two questions for each of our 13 guests. Following is the list of guests on this weeks show: Chuck Violand - President of Violand Management Bryan O'Haleck - President IICRCA Andy Robinson - Jon-Don Bill Yeadon - Jon-Don's Strategies for Success Tony Wh...
Jun 20, 2014•1 hr 29 min
This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Chuck Violand. Chuck founded Violand Management Associates in 1988 with the objective of helping owners of restoration and cleaning companies build profitable businesses for their long-term business and personal success. Having owned his own restoration and cleaning company for 27 years, Chuck brings firsthand knowledge and experience of the inner workings of the industry. In addition, he has over 25 years experience consulting to small business owners and their...
Jun 13, 2014•1 hr 8 min
This week on IAQ Radio we are Hung K. Cheung, MD, MPH, FACOEM, President of Dr. Cheung/ OEM Advisor, LLC. in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Cheung was formerly with Building Health Sciences and was also the Maryland State Medical Director. He is a graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore and received his Medical degree from University of Maryland Medical School. His first residency and board certification was in Primary Care/ Internal Medicine from University of Maryland Hospital. He later received his...
Jun 06, 2014•1 hr 12 min
Natural disasters occur globally and with real time cell phone and media coverage seem to occur with greater and greater frequency. Structural resiliency, disaster preparation and response are studied and researched at institutes of higher learning around the world. This week Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana hosted I3R2 the 10th International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction where conference delegates from North America, Europe, As...
May 23, 2014•1 hr 15 min
This week on IAQ Radio Alison Johnson, Chair of the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Foundation, will be our guest. We recently did a show with Steve Temes on this issue and he has since joined the board of the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Foundation. He suggested we get Alison on to further discuss the issue and we got it done. Multiple chemical sensitivities are touchy subject for IAQ, disaster restoration and building science professionals. What is MCS? Is it a one size fits all issue? How do w...
May 16, 2014•1 hr 12 min
This week on IAQ Radio Alison Johnson, Chair of the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Foundation, will be our guest. We recently did a show with Steve Temes on this issue and he has since joined the board of the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Foundation. He suggested we get Alison on to further discuss the issue and we got it done. Multiple chemical sensitivities are touchy subject for IAQ, disaster restoration and building science professionals. What is MCS? Is it a one size fits all issue? How do w...
May 09, 2014•1 hr 16 min
Dr. Mason is Vice President of VOC Materials Testing and is responsible for promotion and demonstration of expertise in chamber testing, product emissions, product organic content testing, and indoor air quality (IAQ), providing scientific leadership in these areas. Dr. Mason has 10 plus years of directly related experience with product emissions testing and product content testing for both US and international regulations, certifications, and testing schemes. She is well-versed on existing IAQ ...
May 02, 2014•1 hr 20 min
This week on IAQ Radio we are going to discuss Indoor environmental quality inspections/investigations/assessments whatever they are called this week and the 2014 Healthy Building Professional Summit at Seven Springs, PA August 20-22. This yearâ??s event builds on the past four events sponsored by IAQ Training Institute, LLC and the Tri-State Restorerâ??s and Specialty Cleaners Association (TRSCA). Each year for the past 6 years IAQ Training has had a meeting and training with all our sub contra...
Apr 25, 2014•1 hr 12 min
Apr 18, 2014•1 hr 14 min
The publication of the AIHA Green Book "Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Indoor Mold" ensured that mold investigation and remediation was recognized as worthy of special recognition in the industrial hygiene community. Our guests for this show were both editors of this important reference. J. David Miller, PhD was educated at the University of New Brunswick (Canada) and the University of Portsmouth (England) where he was also a NATO Science Postdoctoral Fellow. He joined Agriculture Canada...
Apr 11, 2014•1 hr 7 min
Dr. Charlene Bayer is the Chairman and Chief Science Officer at Hygieia Sciences, founded to commercialize her technology for detecting human diseases from breath and her indoor air quality research. She is a Senior Research Fellow for Materials and Healthy Buildings at USGBC, a member of the USGBC EQ TAG and IAQP pilot credit workgroup, as well as the past Vice Chair of the USGBC Research Committee. Additionally she is a Principal Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Over ...
Apr 04, 2014•1 hr 5 min
Dr. Charlene Bayer is the Chairman and Chief Science Officer at Hygieia Sciences, founded to commercialize her technology for detecting human diseases from breath and her indoor air quality research. She is a Senior Research Fellow for Materials and Healthy Buildings at USGBC, a member of the USGBC EQ TAG and IAQP pilot credit workgroup, as well as the past Vice Chair of the USGBC Research Committee. Additionally she is a Principal Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Over ...
Mar 28, 2014•1 hr 12 min
This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Howard Wolf and Mili Washington for a discussion about the two most popular Institute for Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Standards the S500 and S520. We learned during our recent interview with Mili that both the ANSI/IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration and the IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation are coming out for another round of public review. This w...
Mar 14, 2014•1 hr 21 min
This week on IAQ Radio we take an in depth look at the new IICRC Journal of Cleaning, Restoration and Inspection and discuss the cover article "The Role of Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy in Wood Drying" with the author Mr. Jerry Blaylock. Joining us along with Mr. Blaylock is the Journal's current Managing Editor John Downey. Mr. Blaylock has been teaching water damage restoration and advanced drying concepts for the past ten years and during the same time frame has been working on his theory and a...
Mar 07, 2014•1 hr 23 min
Joining us this week on IAQ Radio is Claudia Lezell President of Inspections Too, Inc., an inspection company that specializes in aiding in the diagnosis of floor covering and moisture related failures. Ms Lezell is the crème of the crop when it comes to floor covering inspection and one of the most common issues she and her team of experts deal with is moisture. Claudia leads a team of highly qualified scientists, experienced engineers and trained certified inspectors whose mission is to provi...
Feb 28, 2014•1 hr 7 min
This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Derik Denis, VP of Indoor Environmental Quality at Clark Seif Clark (CSC) and the 1st Vice President of the Indoor Air Quality Association A twenty year veteran of the Indoor Environmental Quality industry who in 2002 opened CSC's Southwestern office located in Tempe, Arizona. Mr. Denis has marketed, managed, and conducted a variety of assessment, project design, training, and project management roles for environmental issues. . He is also the Chapter Director f...
Feb 21, 2014•1 hr 13 min
Just about every disaster restoration company needs temporary help from time to time. Most don't think much about it until the need arises and that can lead to problems. Pam Weigand has been in the staffing industry since 1989 when she was responsible for staffing contract security for various sites throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area. In 1993, Pam was provided a great opportunity to open a branch operation in Pittsburgh for Crown Services, Inc. a Midwest Regional Staffing Service. Over the n...
Feb 14, 2014•1 hr 9 min
IICRC Standards Update & ANSI/IICRC S800-2014 Standard & Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcovering This week we welcome Mili Washington who has been The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Standards Director since June 2011. Mile stepped into a tough job and has worked hard to streamline the standards development process and strategy at the IICRC, work toward American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval for new and r...
Feb 07, 2014•1 hr 10 min
Cleaning Verification Research & Standards - Dr. Haverinen-Shaughnessy is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Health and Wellbeing Environmental Health Department (THL), Kuopio, Finland, a Docent of Engineering, Healthy Buildings, Tampere University of Technology and a Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has done extensive research on IAQ, health, dampness, remediation effectiveness and testing post cleaning.. This week we intend to focus on her recent research ...
Jan 31, 2014•1 hr 5 min
Brian Baker is owner of Custom Vac Limited of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mr. Baker has been in the HVAC and IAQ industry for almost 40 years and is a huge education advocate. His list of training and certifications is extensive as is his hands on experience in this industry. We got to know Brian through his passion for IAQ Radio and realized he has something special to offer our listeners. Knowledge of HVAC is vital to evaluating IAQ issues and very few have Mr. Baker's combination of experience and ed...
Jan 24, 2014•1 hr 22 min
As Vice President of Technical Services at Rainbow International Jack White is is responsible for training, technical services and research & development. Mr. White is a 35 year veteran of the cleaning and restoration industry who has worked his way up through the ranks. He holds numerous industry certifications and is an IICRC accredited instructor in Water Damage Restoration, Carpet Cleaning and Odor Control. He is also a Member - National Panel of Consumer Arbitrators, handling disputes f...
Jan 17, 2014•10 sec
This week on IAQ Radio The Zman and Radio Joe are going to review the year 2013 with highlights from shows, review of key news articles and a discussion of where we see opportunities for 2014. IAQ Radio produced another 41 shows in 2013 and we had some valuable information for our listeners. We started the new year with Eckardt Johanning, M.D. and finished with Tony Wheelright the new IICRC Chairman. In between we had tremendous interviews with people like Ralph Moon, Ph.D., Sam Rashkin, Chief A...
Dec 20, 2013•1 hr 14 min
This week on IAQ Radio Tony Wheelwright the new IICRC Chairman joins us to discuss the past present and future at IICRC. Mr. Wheelwright joined the board of directors in 2009. Prior to his retirement, he ran a multi-truck cleaning and inspection service for 36 years. Mr. Wheelwright has been hard at work for several years helping Past Chair Darrell Paulson engineer many of the big changes that have occurred. Some have been very successful, some have not been so successful and some are yet to be ...
Dec 13, 2013•1 hr 17 min
This week we are going to discuss IEQ testing equipment focusing on particle counters and some new odor detection equipment with Tom Grillo of Kanomax USA. Tom Grillo started his career in the IAQ test and measurement industry as National Sales, Marketing, and Technical Service Manager at Airflow Technical Products, Inc. in 1991. He was instrumental in commercializing aspects of ASHRAE110 testing related devices that are still sold to this day by Kanomax USA. Tom was with the environmental engin...
Dec 06, 2013•1 hr 11 min
Nov 22, 2013•1 hr 14 min
Dr. Weyel will summarize the science and knowledge of carbon monoxide over the past one hundred years. The detrimental effects of carbon monoxide are well known but it appears even today there is a great deal of confusion about the effects of carbon monoxide exposure. This week on IAQ Radio we are going to ensure some important information that very few possess and fewer understand is recorded and memorialized forever. Dr. Dietrich Weyel is our Technical Director and more importantly one of only...
Nov 15, 2013•1 hr 16 min
