EEF - EPA IAQ Advisory Group Contracts With Pure Air Control

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Gilbert, AZ May 11, 2005 -- Alan Wozniak, President/CEO of Pure Air

Control Services, announced its participation as a member of the

EPA/EEF IAQ Advisory Group convened by the Environmental Education

Foundation (EEF) under a contract from the Environmental Protection

Agency - US EPA's headquarters. The non-profit Environmental

Education Foundation (EEF) is the world's largest environmental

charity focus­ing on environmental, health and safety issues, with

5500-members worldwide.

The purpose of the contract according to Mudari, Ph.D., Indoor

Environments Division of the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), " (is) to promote EPA's indoor air quality guidance and

encourage its use as the basis for managing indoor environmental

quality risks. "

Alan Wozniak stated, " because of the Environmental Education

Foundation's (EEF) recognition from the insurance and lending

communities for their water intrusion and mold management program,

they have now been contracted by the EPA to expand this program to

include additional IAQ related items. This expanded program includes

the use of the EPA's IAQ Building Education and Assessment Model (I-

BEAM) software as an anchor for a total IAQ management program. Pure

Air Control Services is working with the EEF and other industry

partners to refine, rework and promote EPA's IAQ Guidelines to

establish best IAQ practices and facilitate implementation of those

practices by stakeholders, including insurance companies, financial

institutions, and facilities in general. Pure Air Control Services

has assisted with the process by being a resource for IAQ and HVAC-

related issues, document review, two-way communication and

industry/marketing outreach. "

" This is an industry-changing initiative, " says EEF Executive

Director Troy E. . " 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 Pure Air Control Services

has given to this effort. " continued, " We look to Pure Air

Control Services for guidance and recommendations on the full range

of industry issues that assisted the EEF in evaluation and

refinement of the EPA's I-BEAM software, EPA's draft IAQ Green

Building Guidance, and the EEF's Operations & Maintenance Plan and

Training Module. EEF believes Pure Air Control Services and its

affiliate companies provided the unique ability to provide input and

create awareness and credibility for EPA IAQ Guidelines and the EEF

O & M Plan within the HVAC and IAQ industry, "

" Pure Air Control Services recommends that all facilities have an

effective IAQ Operations and Maintenance plan in place, " said

Wozniak, " We strongly believe in fostering education and promoting

widespread adoption of IAQ best practices within the HVAC industry

and beyond, and look forward to continuing our work with the EEF in

its efforts to further develop and disseminate practical guidelines

and implementation strategies. "

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.

Pure Air Control Services joins HUD-Healthy Home Division, ARCS

Commercial Mortgage Co. L.P., the Association of School Business

Officials International (ASBO), Cleaning Management Institute (CMI),

Environmental Risk Resources Association, Building Owners & Managers

(BOMA), Environmental Hazards Management Institute (EHMI),

Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMS), The National Indoor Air

Quality Institute, the National Air Duct Cleaners Association

(NADCA) 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.

About Pure Air Control Services:

Pure Air Control Services is interdisciplinary indoor environmental

consulting firm providing IEQ consulting services to city, county,

state and federal governments, school boards and the private

sectors. They have an in-house AIHA accredited environmental

diagnostics laboratory providing environmental

microbiology/microscopy services as well as building/HVAC system

remediation services. Pure Air Control Services family of IEQ

services includes: Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory (EDLab)

www.EDLab.org; Building Health Check www.BuildingHealthCheck.com;

Building Remediation Sciences

http://www.pureaircontrols.com/buildrem.html. Contact can be made

at info@...; www.pureaircontrols.com; Phone 1-800-

422-7873 ext 802.

About Environmental Educational Foundation:

The Environmental Education Foundation (EEF) is a 501© 3

charitable organization dedicated to the development and

dissemination of information regarding hazards to human health and

threats to the environment with particular emphasis on hazards or

threats which are associated with occupying, purchasing, insuring,

selling or owning residential, commercial or industrial property;

testing methodologies and procedures to detect such hazards and

threats; and programs and measures which mitigate or eliminate such

hazards. EEF is partners with many government and non-governmental

agencies and sits as Consultants to the United Nations on

Environmental, Health and Safety issues. Contact: info@enviro-

ed.org ; www.enviro-ed.org ; Phone: 480-659-9356.

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