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Overview

Indoor air quality (IAQ) problems can be caused (or avoided) at virtually any stage in the design, construction, and operation of any facility. During building design, such issues as roof overhangs (to keep out rain), location of outside air inlet ports, glazing specifications (relative to potential condensation and mold growth), formaldehyde content of cabinetry, and entryway design to hold down tracked in pollutants all can influence IAQ.

In addition to IAQ, there are other conditions that can adversely impact the quality of building occupants' environment. This course covers indoor environmental quality issues, including IAQ, noise control, soil gases and biological contaminants.. Simple measures are discussed to help mitigate indoor environmental quality problems, which can impact workers' health and decrease worker productivity.

The student is expected to read and review the material contained in the Greening of Federal Facilities - Second Edition, May 2001 (Part VIII - Indoor Environmental Quality).

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  · Indoor air quality
  · Controlling soil gases
  · Controlling Biological contaminants
  · Productivity in the Workplace
  · Noise control and privacy

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.