During our last show of 2015 we started going back and discussing what we learned from the excellent shows we had in 2015. It became evident early on that we had learned so much it would take two parts to cover it all. This week Radio Joe and the Z-man will take a look back at the second half of 2015 and discuss what we learned from the fantastic shows and guests we had. We want to thank all our loyal listeners and our esteemed guests for another year of education and communication with IAQ Radi...
Jan 08, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Radio Joe and the Z-man will take a look back at 2015 and comment on the fantastic shows and guests we had this year. We want to thank all our loyal listeners and our wonderful guests for another year of education and communication with IAQ Radio. Every week we are honored to interview and learn from leaders in the industry. Knowledge about our built environment and how we interact with it continues to grow faster every year and we love being able to spread that knowledge. Our focus on research ...
Dec 18, 2015•1 hr 15 min
Joining us this week is Author and ASHRAE Past International President H. E. Barney Burroughs (CIAQP, PM-FASHRAE). Barney Burroughs is a technical consultant in the field of Indoor Environmental Quality and is a recognized expert in Indoor Air Quality and Air Cleaning. He is the primary author of the Burroughs/Hansen â??Managing Indoor Air Qualityâ??, now in fifth edition. Barney is the President and CEO of Building Wellness Consultancy, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in IAQ diagnostics an...
Dec 11, 2015•1 hr 4 min
A hot topic in the research community is the microbiome of the built environment. This week on IAQ Radio we welcome one of the leading researchers in this area Dr. Jordan Peccia. Dr. Peccia is an Associate Professor of environmental engineering at Yale University, the director of Yale environmental engineering's undergraduate studies, and the faculty advisor for Yale Engineers Without Borders. He is an associate editor for the journal Indoor Air, and is the 2014-15 chair of the Indoor Aerosols a...
Dec 04, 2015•1 hr 3 min
This week on IAQ Radio we talk to a restoration industry entrepreneur, inventor, and trainer Kurt Bolden. Mr. Bolden is the founder and president of the Hydro Lab Training & Equipment Rental, LLC. Backed by more than 30+ years of hands-on cleaning and restoration experience, Kurt has earned a respected reputation for his groundbreaking work and contributions to the industry. Kurt started Bolden's Cleaning & Restoration, In Noblesville, IN, from the back of his truck in 1979 and grew his ...
Nov 20, 2015•59 min
This week on IAQ Radio we talk to some of the staff and students at the Carnegie Mellon Universities CREATE Lab. The CREATE Lab came to our attention when a friend asked if we would like to try out the Speck IAQ Monitor. Radio Joe has had the monitor on his desk for a month now and it's time to discuss the invention with some members of the team that helped pull together the venture. M. Beatrice Dias (Bea) was born and raised in Sri Lanka and went on to earn her undergraduate degree from Hamilto...
Nov 13, 2015•1 hr 4 min
The theme of this week's show is: "Making friends out of the people you do business with", a "coffee table" conservation with Nick &John Paolella Co-founders of Jon Don, Inc. Please note this week's show has a special start time, 2:00pm Eastern Time! The Z-man has been in Chicago all week as part of the Restoration Industry Association's (RIA) Certified Restorer (CR) instructional team. Jon Don's corporate headquarters in Roselle, IL is serving as the host facility for this year's CR prep we...
Nov 07, 2015•1 hr 4 min
This week on IAQ Radio we are calling an audible and interviewing Jocelyn Dornfeld of A&J Specialty Services, Inc. DKI. Our interview with David Underwood, President ASHRAE had to be postponed but we were fortunate to find that Jocelyn can join us on short notice to discuss her "Big Idea". Jocelyn Dornfeld works at A&J Specialty Services, a disaster restoration and specialty cleaning firm in DeForest, Wisconsin. Jocelyn has come up with an idea that we think has the potential of going gl...
Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 5 min
Mr. Fugler is a Senior Researcher and Project Manager for the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC). Don has been a fixture at CMHC for going on 30 years and has been responsible for some of the most important energy, IAQ and building science research in the world. Join us to LEARN MORE about the gold mine of resources and research at your fingertips because of people like this weeks guest.
Oct 23, 2015•58 min
This week on IAQ Radio we have a show on a subject we have rarely discussed. We talk a lot about doing construction when there are existing IAQ or disaster related damage but we have not discussed in detail what type of control should occur on every day remodeling projects. We were contacted by Build Clean Dust Control System and after looking it over the Z-man and I decided we would like to hear more about what at least one manufacturer/distributor is calling livable remodeling. Brian Paich is ...
Oct 16, 2015•1 hr 1 min
Last week was the IAQ Training Institute, IAQ Radio and the The Restoration and Specialty Cleaners Association (TRSCA) got together to sponsor the Healthy Building Summit 2015. "The Summit" is a week long event that includes courses on mold, indoor environmental quality, water damage restoration plus this years main event the IEQ, Mold and Disaster Restoration Conference. The conference featured speakers such as Dr. Jeff Siegel, Dr. Joe Spurgeon, Kevin Kennedy, Carl Grimes, Dr. Patricia Cafaro, ...
Oct 09, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Creator of the "Risk = Hazard + Outrage" formula for risk communication, Peter M. Sandman is one of the preeminent risk communication speakers and consultants in the United States today, and has also worked extensively in Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. His unique and effective approach to managing risk controversies has made him much in demand for other sorts of reputation management as well. Dr. Sandman has helped his clients through a wide range of public controversies that threatened corpo...
Oct 03, 2015•1 hr 8 min
This week on IAQ Radio we will discuss a topic every IAQ and Disaster Restoration pro has had to deal with at some point. Odors are funny things and they can be very hard to deal with, this weeks guest is no stranger to odors and neither is the Z-man. My conversation with the two of them will be a learning experience for all. Kyle Knappenberger is the Director of Applications at Timilon Technology Acquisitions LLC, Fort Myers, FL. Kyle holds a Bachelors of Sciences degree in microbiology from Ka...
Sep 25, 2015•1 hr 1 min
This week on IAQ Radio we start a new feature plus interview a cleaning and restoration industry veteran. Radio Joe will give listeners a rundown of current events in the IAQ, building science and disaster restoration industry and for the second half of our show cleaning and restoration industry veteran John Downey joins us to discuss his role as Editor of The IICRC Journal. In addition to being editor of The Journal Mr. Downey continues to run a multi generational carpet cleaning company Downey...
Sep 18, 2015•1 hr 5 min
This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Kevin Kennedy, Luke Gard and Eric Shapiro. Listeners know Kevin from his prior interviews with us but this time he has one of his top lieutenants joining him along with a friend and colleague of all of ours Mr. Eric Shapiro. We are going to discuss how research should be informing practice and what we can do to help. For the past few years Luke and Eric have been running the live research we have been performing at our annual conference for IAQ Training Institut...
Sep 11, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Philip R. Morey received his Ph.D. degree in Biology from Yale University and is certified in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Dr. Morey has held various teaching positions including Lecturer of Biology at Harvard University and Professor of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University. He has also held a research position (Research Microbiologist; Research Industrial Hygienist) while at The National Institute for Occupational Safety a...
Aug 28, 2015•54 min
This week IAQ Radio welcomes Ralph E. Moon, PhD, CHMM, CIAQP for a wide ranging discussion on water damage, duration of loss studies and building science issues. Dr. Moon is Building Science Discipline Manager, Principle Scientist and a shareholder with HSA Engineers and Scientists of Tampa Florida. HSA is an industry-leading, engineering consulting and forensics investigation firm with 13 offices in the SE US with over 300 employees. Dr. Moon has over 30 years of experience in the areas of dura...
Aug 21, 2015•1 hr
This week we welcome back the Restoration Industry Global Watchdog Pete Consigli for Part Three of his stroll down restoration lane with the Z-man Cliff Zlotnik. Two weeks back Pete was in Pittsburgh to sit down with The Z-man and for a retrospective conversation about their longtime relationship that has spanned almost 4 decades.The show could be characterized as "Restoration Confidential". It was personal, insightful, controversial at times but most of all it came from the heart with a spirit ...
Aug 07, 2015•1 hr 26 min
Greg Pattison is a Vice President, Director of Safety and Senior Trainer in OSHA CFR 29 1910 and 1926 construction for G.P. Systems Inc. (GPS). He has designed/conducted/facilitated over 30 technical trainings including; General Safety training OSHA 10 and 30 Hour, HAZWOPER, GHS Hazardous Chemicals, Property Restoration, Confined Space, Scaffolding, Emergency Operations and Egress, PPE Protocols, Demolition Subpart T, Flagger in a work zone, Lock out/tag out, First Aid, Caught between, Roll over...
Jul 31, 2015•1 hr 1 min
This week on IAQ Radio we have finally synced schedules and welcome Dr. Glenn Morrison. Dr. Morrison is a professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. Morrison graduated with his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 after working for 6 years as a chemical engineer in research and development of catalysts. Has over 25 years of chemical and environmental engineering experience, most of that focusing on ...
Jul 24, 2015•1 hr 9 min
This week Pete Consigli was in Pittsburgh and sat down with the Z-man and Radio Joe in Studio C for a retrospective conversation about the almost 4 decade relationship between these two restoration industry icons. This show could be characterized as �¢??Restoration Confidential�¢??, it was personal, insightful, controversial at times but most of all came from the heart with a spirit of setting the record straight on many of the industry�¢??s misnomers and folklore! Listen in as two of the ...
Jul 18, 2015•1 hr 12 min
This week Pete Consigli was in Pittsburgh and sat down with the Z-man and Radio Joe in Studio C for a retrospective conversation about the almost 4 decade relationship between these two restoration industry icons. This show could be characterized as â??Restoration Confidentialâ??, it was personal, insightful, controversial at times but most of all came from the heart with a spirit of setting the record straight on many of the industryâ??s misnomers and folklore! Listen in as two of the indust...
Jul 17, 2015•57 min
This week IAQ Radio welcomes author, consultant, industrial hygienist and accomplished industry professional Joe Spurgeon, Ph.D. We are going to discuss Dr. Spurgeon's new book "The Collection and Interpretation of Indoor Mold Samples - A comparison of methods" and other topics related to mold inspection, sampling, and interpretation of data. In his new book Dr. Spurgeon discusses his concern that "none of the sampling methods, or data interpretation methods, we use in the mold industry have eve...
Jul 10, 2015•1 hr 4 min
This week IAQ Radio welcomes back Lew Harriman of Mason-Grant Consulting in Portsmouth, NH. Lew will be presenting at Healthy Buildings 2015 on Investigating and Avoiding Moisture-related Problems in Existing Buildings. He was a contributor to the new EPA Moisture Control Guidance for Building Design, Construction and Maintenance and his presentation will include information from this important industry document. Lew Harriman began his career as an architecture student at Dartmouth, but after fi...
Jun 26, 2015•1 hr 7 min
This week IAQ Radio welcomes back Integrity in Health Marketing Advocate Sharon Kramer. Sharon has joined us several times during her lonely journey fighting what she has claimed for years is bad science marketed as truth. She has been shaking up the indoor environmental and medical community for years exposing how conflicts of interest and marketing ploys have been used to deny mold and damp buildings cause health problems. Her hard work lead to a Wall Street Journal article exposing some of th...
Jun 19, 2015•1 hr 11 min
This week on IAQ Radio we take the show on the road. Our spotlight is on the 11th VMA Executive Summit as we broadcast live from the Stark Campus of Kent State University. Radio Joe and The Z-man are attending for the third year and we have a great show lined up with several key presenters at this years event. The business topics discussed at the Violand Summit are focused on cleaning and restoration companies but the principles can be applied to any business. Our focus will be on how to take th...
Jun 12, 2015•1 hr 2 min
This week on IAQ Radio one of the modern day pioneers of the Home Performance industry Mr. Nate Adams joins us for the hour. Nate started out in outside sales for a fiberglass insulation manufacturer. He then started a retrofit insulation contracting business in 2009, Energy Smart Insulation, earning the Department of Energy's Century Club award in 2012, one of only 97 contractors nationwide. Nate grew frustrated with the fact that all too often he was not truly solving the problems he was calle...
Jun 05, 2015•1 hr 5 min
This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Richard Rue the Founder of EnergyWise Structures, a company dedicated to the study, integration and application of cutting edge technology for reducing energy consumption. The EnergyWise Analysis predicts remarkable savings (usually over 70%) of heating and cooling costs when building ultra-energy-efficient structures compared to conventional construction. The development of this program began in 1979 as the brain child of ex-NASA engineers who designed the heat...
May 29, 2015•1 hr 9 min
What could possibly be interesting about mold and mildew, you ask? Itâ??s all in the content and the presentation style of the person discussing the subject. IAQ Radio is delighted to have internationally known and acclaimed expert on the subject McGregor Pearce of St. Paul, Minnesota, for a 3rd appearance on our program. Mac is an environmental health consultant specializing in indoor air quality problems. He has investigated mold in homes, commercial buildings, hospitals, clinics and skyscrape...
May 22, 2015•1 hr 2 min
This week in IAQ Radio we welcome the The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) President/CEO Ruth Ann Norton and The GHHI Director of Maryland Program Services Mark Kravatz. In addition during the second half of our show we welcome Building Performance Institute (BPI) CEO Larry Zarker. The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) is dedicated to breaking the link between unhealthy housing and unhealthy children. GHHI replaces stand-alone housing intervention programs with an integrated...
May 15, 2015•1 hr 2 min
