Design Guide for IAQ in Development

Six organizations have joined forces to create a design guide focused on indoor air quality (IAQ) in nonresidential buildings. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initially decided to fund a design guide and reached a cooperative agreement with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. A memorandum of understanding, signed in May 2007, brought four other organizations onto the project: the U.S. Green Building Council, the Building Owners and Mangers Association, The American Institute of Architects, and the Sheet Metal and Air-Conditioning Contractors’ National Association. Slated for release in 2009, the guide, which will be followed by a professional development course, will describe an integrated process for achieving good IAQ in buildings.