IAQ
Information: Volatile Organic Compounds, (VOCs)
o
Update
of the Standard Practice
Background Documents & Test Methods:
o
CDHS-IAQ Report:
Standard
Practice for Testing of VOCs from Various Sources Using Small-scale
Environmental Chambers (2004)
o
CHPS: Specifications Section 01350:
Special Environmental Requirements (2002) and Notes (2004)
o CDHS-IAQ Report: Reducing Occupant Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCS) From Office Building Construction Materials: Non-Binding Guidelines (1996)
Office Furniture Systems:
o
State of
o
State of
MATERIAL EMISSION TESTING:
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS & LABORATORIES
|
PROGRAM |
LABORATORIES |
|
o Carpet and Rug
Institute (CRI) |
|
PAPERS AND ARTICLES
o CDHS-IAQ
Report: Long-Term Building Air
Measurements for VOCs Including Aldehydes at a Five-Building Sustainable Office
Complex In California (August 2006)
o CDHS-IAQ
Report: Building
Material Emissions Study (November 2003)
o
Testing
of Building Products for Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds:
Practical Time Point for Assessing Potential Chronic Health Impacts, by AT Hodgson & LE
Alevantis ( November 2004)
o The
Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings: A Report
to California's Sustainable Building Task Force
(October 2003)
o
Sustainable Building Practices
in California State Buildings, by
LE Alevantis, K Frevert, R Muller, H Levin & A Sowell, Indoor Air 2002
o
Special Environmental Requirements
for a California State Office Building, by A Bernheim, H Levin,
& LE Alevantis, Indoor Air 2002
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
o
California
Integrated Waste Management Board (IWMB) Green Building website
o
Healthy
Building Network website
o
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Building website
o
U.S. Green Building
Council website