Indoor Environmental Institute
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Indoor Environmental Institute (IEI) was created as a non-profit corporation to promote and further the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) industry through:
(i) creating guidelines and best practices documents for persons engaged in the detection, prevention and mitigation of indoor environmental quality problems; (ii) educating the general public, policy makers, the media and the industry about the need for healthy indoor environments; and, (iii) developing consensus positions within the indoor environmental quality industry and related industries on indoor environmental quality issues.
A primary objective will be to fill the need for a certification that will aid the public in selecting knowledgeable and experienced indoor environmental consultants to:
competently evaluate indoor environmental conditions across the spectrum of public, commercial, and residential buildings, adequately prescribe the methods and procedures to remediate, control and prevent adverse indoor environmental incidents, and comprehensively address microbial contamination issues.
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Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is based on the philosophy that architectural /mechanical design is not about conditioning buildings but rather it is about conditioning people. The basis for its success is this simple formula:
IAQ + ICQ = IEQ
IAQ, Indoor Air Quality ICQ, Indoor Comfort Quality
IAQ is well documented and substantiated within the building industry, however ICQ is not. ICQ is based on ASHRAE Standard 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy and its European equivalent ISO 7730.
To satisfy the terms of the equation, designers of structure and space must understand human physiology and the neurosciences to create environments, which satisfy the human body’s natural response to discomfort.
Sources: http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/studentdownloads/DEA350pdfs/Thermcomfort.pdf http://www.healthyheating.com/Thermal_Comfort_Working_Copy/HH_physiology_intro.htm
