Indoor Air Quality and Construction

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Indoor Air Quality and Construction

• Presented by
• Kimberly Hosken

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• Prevent indoor air quality problems resulting
  from the construction process in order to help
  sustain the comfort and well-being of
  construction workers and building occupants.
• Value added, soft dollar, marketing, market and
  leadership.

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Seven LEED credits that impact the Contractor

• Construction Indoor Air Quality
• EQc3.1 During Construction
• EQc3.2 After Construction/Prior to Occupancy
• Low Emitting Materials
• EQc4.1 Adhesives and Sealants
• EQc4.2 Paints and Coatings
• EQc4.3 Carpet
• EQc4.4 Composite Wood
• EQc5 Indoor Chemical and Pollution Source
  Control

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EQc4.1 Adhesives and Sealants

• Bidding What you need to know.
• Buyout
• Submittals
• LEED Documentation
• Why is this such a hassle?
• Manage this on site, whats involved?

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EQc4.2 Paints and Coatings

• VOC Limits
• Flat 50 g/l
• Non Flat 150 g/l
• CIRs (Credit Interpretation Request)
• 12-22-03 The credit requirements and the green
  seal standard apply only to topcoat interior
  paint such as normally applied to walls.
• 3-14 03 According to green seal primer is
  classified as a topcoat.
• Document VOCs

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EQc4.3 Carpet

• Follow the specification
• Document that you followed the specification.

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EQc4.4 Composite Wood

• Urea-Formaldehyde
• Bid
• Buyout
• Build
• Submittal
• Effect on EQc3.2

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EQc3.1 IAQ Plan During Construction
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EQc3.2 IAQ After Construction Before Occupancy

• Two Week Flush Out A project engineers dream
  come true, or is it?
• Make sure its in the schedule

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EQc3.2

• 100 Outside Air
• Can you do this?
• What type of mechanical system do you have?
• Are there other options?

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EQc5 Indoor Chemical and Pollution Source Control

• Entryway Grates
• Deck to Deck partition with separate exhaust in
  areas of chemical use.
• Copy machine rooms.
• Drains plumbed for disposal of liquid waste.

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Test Out

• Air Quality Testing
• Did you go for all 4 low VOC credits?
• What about composite wood?
• Cost
• Timing
• What if you fail?
• Flush out anyway
• Test again?

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Have A Strategy

• Dont resist that you are on a LEED project,
  embrace it, use it.
• Dont overdue it. It isnt as hard as you might
  think.
• Just buy into it, integrate it, and do the job.