Healthy Indoor Environments Conference & Exhibitionâ„¢ April 21-24 in Austin, Texas

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Healthy Indoor Environments Conference & Exhibitionâ„¢

Set for April 21-24 in Austin, Texas

WASHINGTON, DC (3/11/02)-- Nearly 1,000 indoor air quality (IAQ)

professionals from around the nation will convene in Austin, Texas April

20-24 for the third annual Healthy Indoor Environments Conference &

Exhibitionâ„¢ at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. While attending the largest

annual conference and trade show dedicated to the billion dollar indoor

environment industry, environmental consultants, contractors, facility

managers and public health officials will peruse more than 75 exhibitor

booths. Everything needed to evaluate and remediate indoor air pollution and

mold contamination will be on display at the 2002 Exhibition. In addition,

an

intensive seminar program will bring attendees up to date on the industry's

best practices for detecting biological contaminants, managing healthy

buildings, resolving indoor air health effects, identifying construction

defects, remediating mold problems, qualifying consultants and contractors,

and more.

Healthy Indoor Environmentsâ„¢ 2002 will play host to the first-ever Consumer

Indoor Air Quality Forum, bring together the leading industry experts and

professionals with consumers to discuss and solve common residential and

workplace indoor environmental and mold contamination problems. The event

will feature keynote speaker, s, Director of HUD's Office of

Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, and an opportunity for consumers to

network with IAQ product manufacturers and service providers. The Texas

Institute for the Indoor Environment, based in Austin, will also put on

their

" Environmentally Incorrect " show-modeled after TV's popular late-night

staple, " Politically Incorrect " -to debate the hottest indoor environmental

issues in Texas. The Consumer IAQ Forum and " Environmentally Incorrect " show

will be held Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m.

Finally, Healthy Indoor Environmentsâ„¢ 2002 will conclude with the second

annual Mold Remediation Forum. More than 250 professionals and 25 industry

organizations attended the Forum last year in Philadelphia in an effort to

develop national consensus on mold remediation best practices and standards.

The Mold Remediation Forum will be held Wednesday, April 24, at 2:30 p.m.

The Healthy Indoor Environments Conference & Exhibitionâ„¢ is owned and

produced by IAQ Media Group. The Conference is co-produced by the University

of Tulsa Indoor Air Program, and Indoor Environment Communications of

Kensington, Md., serves as the exhibition management company. Together, the

three organizations have more than 25 years experience in producing

conferences and events for the indoor air quality industry.

For more information or to register for Healthy Indoor Environments

Conference & Exhibitionâ„¢, call (301) 527-9552, or visit the conference web

site at www.indoorenvironments.org.