August 8, 2005—The National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA), the HVAC system cleaning industry’s largest trade association, has joined the Indoor Air Quality Advisory Group convened by the Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) under a contract from the US. EPA.
“This is an industry-changing initiative,” says EEF executive director Troy E. Johnson. “With its adoption by a myriad of industry partners, this is now the standard for managing indoor air quality in commercial and multifamily residential buildings. We are pleased at the contributions and support the NADCA has given to this effort.”
The overall purpose of this contract is to expand on what the EEF has accomplished to date by including more of the major players in the HVAC, building design/construction and property management industry, with a focus on major insurance and financial institutions, to gain a wider acceptance of the EEF program, including the EPA’s I-Beam software and certain other EPA indoor environmental quality guidance, and to use this guidance as a basis for managing indoor environmental quality risks while protecting public health and lowering the risk associated with indoor pollution underwriting, as well as for asset-protection purposes.
NADCA joins ARCS Commercial Mortgage Co. L.P., the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO), Cleaning Management Institute (CMI), EMSL Analytical, Environmental Risk Resources Association, Building Owners & Managers (BOMA), Environmental Hazards Management Institute (EHMI), Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS), HUD-Healthy Home Division, The National Indoor Air Quality Institute, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), PNC Multi-family Capital, The Air & Waste Management Association, Hixson Architectural, IQAir, Pest Management Institute, Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. (HOK), The Naturalist Network and other organizations that support IAQ best practices, in working with the EEF’s EPA IAQ Advisory Group.
For more information on NADCA, visit its Web site.
