IAQ 2016 Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices Co-Organized by ASHRAE and AIVC

The U.S. EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment, and poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is a major environmental health risk. This keynote address briefly describes EPA’s current legislative and appropriation priorities for IAQ, and presents emerging public health priorities for IAQ including climate change, energy-efficiency measures in buildings, particulate matter as an indoor pollutant of concern, and IAQ metrics.