Indoor Air Quality (iaq) Radio

This week on IAQ Radio we interview one of the most active MD's in the Indoor Environmental Quality arena. Jay. M. Portnoy, M.D., FACCI. is a Past President of the American College of Asthma Allergy and Immunology (ACAAI). He is also professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, he initiated the ACAAI Conference Online Allergy (COLA) program and chairs the COLA Committee. He chairs the Nominating Committee and co-chairs the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters and the Joint Task Force to Examine the Future of the Specialty. Dr. Portnoy is helping to lead the movement to ensure the environmental component of illness gets the attention it deserves. He leads one of the largest, and most active teams of IEQ consultants and allied health professionals, performing home and school health assessments, in the world. He is tirelessly working to help bridge the gap between the indoor environmental investigation/remediation industry and health professionals. Please help us i

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Forensic Industrial Hygienist, Caoimhin P. Connell. Mr. Connell has been a practicing Industrial Hygienist for 24 years, and he currently serves as the contract Industrial Hygienist for the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. He has performed approximately 1,000 indoor air quality investigations and is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. Mr. Connell has some strong opinions and is not afraid to express them. We look forward to a wide ranging interview covering clandestine drug labs, IEQ and mold investigations, remediation of indoor environments, the Lead RRP Rule, lead in blood, asbestos abatement, expert witness testimony and more. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

Gary Dietrich, co-founder and president of Citizen Voice, a new nonpartisan movement to involve citizens in the public arena and protect the vulnerable will appear on IAQ Radio this Friday, September 23rd at 12 noon EST. The Citizen Voice's SAFELY OUT project, developed with technical assistance from the Red Cross Sacramento Sierra Chapter, is designed specifically to ensure that the most vulnerable citizens in an area, including the disabled, frail seniors, young children and more are protected during a disaster. Joining him will be Paul Jacks, who served as deputy director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in California. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

Time flies when you are having fun and we have had a great time doing IAQ Radio for the past 5 years. This week we celebrate our 5th anniversary by counting down the top 10 show as determined by listener downloads. Join us to hear what shows IAQ Radio listeners felt were our biggest hits and to hear what we have learned over five years of interviewing the top IAQ, disaster restoration and building science professionals in the world. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

Daniel Greenblatt is the founder and president of Envirotech Clean Air, Inc., an HVAC Systems cleaning and restoration and indoor air quality cleaning company in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Mr. Greenblatt has been helping building owners improve indoor air quality and energy efficiency for almost 25 years. He also has a long history of volunteer service to industry associations and currently serves on the Indoor air Quality Association (IAQA) and the Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) Boards of Directors. Mr. Greenblatt's company has been involved in some fascinating projects over the years and has learned a lot of lessons along the way. This week we plan to discuss some large projects and teams Mr. Greenblatt has been part of, a new NADCA document he has been assisting with, the new IESO soot standard and more. Don't miss this opportunity to LEARN MORE from an industry veteran and IAQ contracting pioneer Danny Greenblatt.

Mold Remediation According To The Standard Of Care: Does It Work; Is It Worth It? This week on IAQ Radio our guest is Mark McLaughlin, VP of Field Operations for Restore All, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. McLaughlin has an extensive background in disaster restoration, mold remediation emergency management and training. He started as full time firefighter in Cherokee County Georgia and while began working part time in the disaster restoration industry. Afterwards he formed SouthEast Bio-Recovery, a company that offered crime scene cleaning. After several successful years he left public service sold his company and went full time into the disaster restoration field helping to found Restore All, Inc. Mark recently completed his Certified Mold Professional certification through RIA and as part of the certification process did extensive research while writing a paper on how effective various standards of care are while doing mold remediation. His paper is a comprehensive review of the subject and the findings

Mr. Kent Rawhouser is a veteran disaster restoration professional with a thriving business in Wisconsin. Kent has been active in the disaster restoration community for decades and could have stayed within his comfort zone for the rest of his career. In the past 5 years Mr. Rawhouser has immersed himself in all things IAQ including becoming a member of the Board of Directors for the largest IAQ association in the world the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA). We will discuss some of Ken's thoughts on the state of disaster restoration, the intersection of disaster restoration and indoor air quality and his impressions about Indoor Air 2011 where Kent was one of the practitioners that attended what has historically been an IAQ research oriented conference. Join us this Friday at noon as we LEARN MORE about the intersection of disaster restoration and IAQ with Kent Rawhouser.

One of the most important tools in the toolbox of any IAQ, disaster restoration or building science consultant or contractor is their moisture meters. As important as they are we find that there is a great deal of confusion about how they work, what types work best under different circumstances, how values should be reported, when and how to calibrate and more. Join us with guest Paul Laurenzi, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Delmhorst Instruments Co. to LEARN MORE about IAQ instrumentation this week on IAQ Radio.

This week Attorney Harvey V. Cohen joins the Z-man to discuss the ins and outs of insurance claims issues. According to Attorney Cohen due to the state of the economy insurance claim disputes have become more common than ever. Insurance carriers must make a profit to continue to exist but the law does not allow insurance carriers to make their profit by disputing or denying the valid insurance claims of their policy holders. Likewise, insurance claim disputes between contractors and insurance carriers have been on the increase. This show is designed to help give everyone a better understanding of the issue and to review strategies that help homeowners, business owners and contractors get compensated fairly when a claim becomes necessary. Attorney Cohen is a former state prosecutor for the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida. He received a law degree from Stetson University College of Law. He was enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1985 through 1989. His assignments took him from upstate New York to Panama. He now

Lew founded Mason-Grant in 1986 as a technical research and development consultancy. Through his writing, speaking and training, Lew specializes in explaining complex issues especially those related to moisture -- to professionals and laypersons in understandable, accessible ways. It's hard to believe Lew last joined us almost 4 years ago and we are looking forward to his return with an update on what's new in IEQ, disaster restoration and building science. We are particularly interested in Lew's thoughts about the Indoor Air 2011 conference where it seemed he was everywhere asking probing questions plus giving a well received presentation. LEARN MORE from one of the most knowledgeable true gentlemen in the business this week on IAQ Radio!

Gil L'Hommedieu is the Founder and CEO of Net Claims Now. Net Claims Now is the first company to provide insurance billing services for the water damage restoration industry. Although Net Claims Now is the first to bring insurance billing services to the restoration industry, insurance billing services have become standard practice in the medical industry and many others. Like the medical industry, the water damage industry generates billions of dollars a year. Mr. L'Hommedieu has thirty years experience operating his own water damage restoration business. Gil has personally handled, negotiated, and settled thousands of water loss claims throughout his career in the restoration industry. Now he has founded a unique company that provides those same services for disaster restoration companies across the country. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

Episode Notes: This week "Radio Joe" Hughes will be coming straight back to the studio from Indoor Air 2011 (12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate) and joining us by phone will be IAQA President Carl Grimes. We want to provide an overview of the Indoor Air 2011 conference and discuss why the conference is important to all of us. We will focus on two simple questions, first what did we learn this week and then how do we put it into practice? An important component of what we will discuss is how IAQ Radio and others can help ensure the wealth of information presented at this conference and available from previous conferences can be accessed and used to help improve IAQ practice. Maybe more importantly we need to start the discussion about how we as practitioners can help to ensure future research focuses more on topics that will help us do a better job of improving indoor air. This was an eye opening experience for the practitioners that attended and we will pass along some of what

Fred Rock, a FOCUS Managing Director in Pennsylvania, has more than thirty years experience in investment banking. He has advised clients on matters relating to strategic and operations planning, including evaluating, financing and structuring new or growing business ventures, as well as executing acquisitions and sales of businesses. Mr. Rock has experience in many different industries, with a significant number of clients in the manufacturing, energy, franchising and distribution sectors. Join IAQ Radio this week and LEARN MORE about how to build, position and if you plan well sell your small business.

Dr. Corsi is the President of Indoor Air 2011 and Director, NSF IGERT program in Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. We will discuss the upcoming IA 2011 conference with an emphasis on how to get researchers and practitioners working together toward assisting people with the design and maintenance of better indoor environments.

This week IAQ Radio welcomes Dr. Michal Krzyzanowski to the show. Dr. Krzyzanowski is a Head of the Bonn Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Centre for Environment and Health, belonging to the WHO Regional Office for Europe. He is also a Program Manager, Living and Working Environments. His technical work focuses on the preparation of scientific evidence on health impact of environmental hazards, in particular of air pollution. The global update the WHO Air Quality Guidelines is one of the products of his team. Currently, he is coordinating the development of WHO guidelines on indoor air quality. LEARN MORE this week when we discuss the WHO indoor air quality program and two recent publications "Dampness and Mold" and "WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Selected Pollutants". Don't miss this opportunity to gain an international perspective on IAQ issues from a world renowned leader Dr. Michal Krzyzanowski!

This week we will LEARN MORE about the technology behind the instruments we use with Rick Stonier Managing Partner at Graywolf Sensing Solutions. Mr. Stonier has over 25 years of experience in design, production, sales and marketing of IAQ instrumentation. He is the Managing Partner at GrayWolf Sensing Solutions, a Connecticut based company with manufacturing in Ireland and worldwide sales of mobile PC based IAQ instrumentation. Mr. Stonier has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and has had an active involvement with ASHRAE's TC 1.2 Instruments & Measurements committee for many years. We will discuss the nuts and bolts behind the measurement of Temperature, Relative Humidity, particulate, VOC's, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide, pressure differentials and more. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the most innovative and informed instrument manufacturers in the world and LEARN MORE about IAQ instruments and measurements.

This week Dr. Elliot Horner returns to IAQ Radio to help us as we update listeners and continue our discussion of lawsuit filed at the end of 2010 against the USGBC and their LEED program. We had the driving force behind the lawsuit Mr. Henry Gifford on in November to present his reasons for filing the lawsuit and Dr. Horner has agreed to come on and continue the discussion. Dr. Horner is the laboratory director and a principle consultant for Air Quality Sciences. He has a Ph.D. in plant pathology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. in mycology from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse also a Fellow of the American Academy of Asthma Allergy and Immunology and a LEED AP. Join us Friday at noon and LEARN MORE about this issue and more on IAQ Radio.

IAQ Radio welcomes a disaster restoration and industry association veteran Mr. Sam Bergman to the show. Mr. Bergman is CEO of Rolyn Companies, Inc. of Rockville, MD and 1st Vice President of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA). Ronald Bergman founded Rolyn in 1979, since then Rolyn's scope of services and capabilities have expanded to include a wide range of emergency and specialty construction services. Rolyn added infection control services for healthcare construction and renovation projects in the early 2000's as regulations for infection control became more stringent. Since 2005 Rolyn has doubled in size and now has six offices and 125 employees in numerous states, offering nationwide coverage to clients. Join us this week and LEARN MORE about a disaster restoration success story through the eyes of their CEO and an industry mover and shaker Sam Bergman.

Are you managing your business or is your business managing you? We explore how to answer this question and much more with Chuck Violand of Violand Management Associates. Chuck Violand understands the unique challenges of small businesses, having owned a commercial cleaning and water damage mitigation company for 26 years. He founded Violand Management Associates (VMA) in 1988 as a consulting, teaching, and training resource for owners of small businesses. Chuck is also known to many for the no-nonsense business building advice that he regularly presents in trade publications, speaking engagements, and his weekly management e-zine "Monday Morning Notes". This week we plan to ask Chuck for advice and tips that any entrepreneur can use to achieve long-term business and personal success. We plan on discussing the peak performance, business planning, project management , management development, estimating, sales and marketing and more. Join us this week and LEARN MORE about how to take your control of your bus