Article contributed by Christy Crocker, MIAQC Executive Director. (Maine state capitol building image courtesy of thousandwonders.net) As the regular session of the 129th Maine Legislature wraps up, the Public Policy Committee of the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council is taking the opportunity to sit back, relax, and consider the outcomes from our efforts to promote […]

I thought I knew what I was doing. 12 years ago, we did a renovation of our 1810 cape home in order to accommodate my then 87 year old mother.  Having been the executive director of the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council for 8 years at that time, and having listened to many presentations and […]

     When we discuss healthy homes, we always seem to start the conversation with moisture. Moisture that causes mold, that causes wood to rot, that leaves smells behind. And then we move to talking about the bathroom, where moisture is produced every day, like clockwork.      But what we don’t talk enough about is making […]

     Just as the Indoor Air Quality Conference has transitioned to be the Indoor Air Quality and Energy Conference, energy efficiency and indoor air quality have become very intertwined when planning both new buildings and the retrofitting of existing buildings. This is for good reason. When you tighten a building’s envelope and potentially reduce air […]

This document was developed by the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council with input from landlord, tenant, public health, legal, and codes professionals to identify best practice processes to address moisture problems in rental properties.  It recommends specific actions and timelines to protect occupant health and minimize landlord property and financial loss. It affirms the shared […]

This article is a follow-up to an article published in the July issue of The Informer, and was contributed by Henri Fennell, a building envelope specialist and architect from North Thetford, VT.  Henri has over forty years of experience in energy conservation design, products, and services, and was one of the featured presenters at our […]

Tips for Building a Healthy, Energy-Efficient Home The following recommendations are excerpted from the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council’s full “Checklist for New Residential Construction”, which is available for free on  this website at:  https://maineindoorair.org/iaq-checklist-for-new-residential-construction/ Building a new home is a big, complex project.  The purpose of this article is to highlight the most critical construction […]

Submitted by MIAQC Member Kris Anderson.  Kris is a professional engineer and president of K.G. Anderson, an engineering and consulting firm from Bath, Maine specializing in hands-on whole building and building-systems problem-solving.   Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and seem to not be connecting? In reality both of you are speaking about […]