Indoor Air Quality and Putting It All Together

Prerequisite: None

Duration: 4 hours

Learning Objectives/Competencies for the module
After this class, a building operator should be able to:

• Build an energy management plan for a building and monitor the energy consumption.
• Utilize the Energy Star Portfolio Manager for their energy accounting.
• Utilize effective communication skills to engage with building occupants and help them understand ways they can increase energy efficiency.

Content/Agenda

Module 6

• Indoor Environmental Quality Overview
  • Discussion Question: What issues are we concerned about with IEQ?
  • Why is IEQ important
  • Cost of IEQ Problems
  • Operating Cost vs. Productivity Factor
  • Causes of IEQ Problems
  • Common Health Symptoms
  • Discussion Question: Who should be treating health problems?
  • IEQ Program
    • Benefits of an IEQ Program
    • Create Your Own IEQ Program
  • The Challenge of Occupant Comfort
  • Effective Communication
  • Learning Activity: Communications Case Study
• Fundamentals of Indoor Environmental Quality
  • Air Quality
    • Potential Air Quality Concerns
    • Common IEQ Pollutants Sources
    • Green Cleaning
    • Integrated Pest Management
    • Fungi and Mold
    • Discussion Question
    • Moisture Dynamics
  • Thermal Comfort
    • Thermal Satisfaction
    • Sources of Thermal Discomfort
    • What do thermal comfort standards say?
    • What impacts Thermal Comfort?
  • Lighting / Lighting Levels
  • Noise / Acoustics
• Preventing IEQ Problems
  • Preventing and Solving IEQ Problems
  • Communicating to Prevent IEQ Problems
  • Benchmark for “Good Practice”
  • Prevent Biological Contamination
  • Walk-Through Assessments
  • Solving IEQ Problems
  • IEQ Profile Measurements
  • Sampling Air for Contaminants & Indicators
  • IEQ Measurement Devices
  • IEQ Program Discussion/Question
• Pollutant Control Strategies
  • IEQ Problem Components
    • Pollutant Sources
    • Pollutant Pathways and Driving Forces
  • Four Control Strategies
    • Source Control
    • Ventilation
    • Filtration
    • Discussion Question
    • Exposure Control

Learning Activity
Communications Case Study

Module 7

• Engaging with Customers
  • Engaging with Customers
  • Effective Communication
• Monitoring and Measuring
• Building a Plan for Your Facilities
  • Determine Base line & Set Goals
  • Monitoring Energy Consumption
  • Measuring Success
  • Tell Your Story
  • Technical and Financial Support for Pursuing Fixes/Retrofits
  • Putting It All Together

Learning Activity
Interpreting Energy Bills