Welcome to our discussion forum series, The IAQ Club, modeled after the popular community tradition, the book club.
Upcoming IAQ Club Sessions:
Challenges & Opportunities for IAQ in a World of Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
Session Moderator: Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (Eastern)
Register for the March 11th IAQ Club Forum
April 2026 IAQ Club! Managing Indoor Air for Health: Powerful Medicine for People and Building Performance
Session Moderator: Stephanie Taylor, M.D., M.Arch., Stowe, VT
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (Eastern)
Register for the April 14th IAQ Club Forum
How it works:
When you register for an IAQ Club Session, not only will you get access to a video and/or audio presentation* from a past education event, you’ll also be able to attend an informal discussion forum** with the original presenter or other knowledgeable moderator. You’ll find the forums fun, informative, and personal. Each session encourages lively discussion of the scheduled topic (and sometimes other related issues!) Participants can ask moderators and each other questions about current projects and challenges. Each session ends with a fun, interactive trivia quiz. You might win a MIAQC hoodie or t-shirt!
*Like a book club, it is recommended, but not required, that you watch the video or listen to the audio prior to the discussion forum, as it is not shown during the forum itself.
**IAQ Club forums are held via Zoom.
Cost:
Participation in the IAQ Club is free for members in good standing (dues current) of the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council, and just $25 per forum for nonmembers. All participants get advance access to the recorded education session, as well as entry into the live, discussion forum for that topic.
About this month’s session:
Indoor air quality (IAQ) has long been recognized as being important and public attention on IAQ issues further increased during the pandemic. However, unlike building energy use, indoor air quality has not dramatically improved in past decades. This presentation explores challenges and focuses on opportunities to improve indoor air quality in new and existing buildings while still recognizing the climate challenges that we face. Specific examples from homes, schools, and commercial buildings provide technical, knowledge mobilization, and regulatory approaches and explore their benefits and consequences. The goal of this presentation is to move us towards a place where good IAQ is appropriately valued and achieved across the building stock.
What you will learn:
- Long-established core strategies to achieve IAQ
- IAQ Myths
- Evidence-based case for IAQ and its benefits for schools, office buildings and homes
- Why IAQ hasn’t improved in decades
- The opportunities to improve IAQ in both new and existing buildings, especially in a world of energy efficiency and climate change
About the Presenter and IAQ Club Session Moderator, Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D.:
Jeffrey Siegel is a Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering and a member of the Hub for Advancing Buildings at the University of Toronto and a Bahen/Tanenbaum Chair in Civil Engineering. He holds joint appointments at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences. He has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley as well as a B.Sc. from Swarthmore College. He is internationally recognized for his work on indoor air quality generally and air cleaning specifically and is a fellow of ASHRAE and a member of the Academy of Fellows of the International Society for Indoor Air and Climate (ISIAQ). His research interests include healthy and sustainable buildings, filtration and air cleaning, ventilation and indoor air quality in residential and commercial buildings, control of indoor particulate matter, cognitive impacts of indoor air quality, and the impact of building systems on indoor microbiology and chemistry. Prior to his position at the University of Toronto, Dr. Siegel was an Associate Professor at The University of Texas at Austin.
Continuing Education Credits:
| BPI | Submitted - 1.0 credit - Course #22200 |
| AIHA | Self-Submit with Certificate of Attendance |
| Engineers | Self-Submit with Certificate of Attendance |
| USGBC | Self-Submit with Certificate of Attendance |
| BOC | Self-Submit with Certificate of Attendance |
| CEO | Submitted |
Register:
Click here to register for the March 11 IAQ Club session on Challenges & Opportunities for IAQ
