Welcome to our discussion forum series, The IAQ Club, modeled after the popular community tradition, the book club.
Next Club Forum: Thursday, May 22, 2025: “Who Holds the Keys to a Healthier Home? What doors are open or locked? Who are the Key Makers? “
4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. (Eastern)
Moderator and original session presenter: Joe Medosch, Healthy Building Scientist, Loveland, CO
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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 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 featured presentation: “Who holds the keys to Good IAQ and a Healthier Home? What doors are open or locked? Who are the Key Makers?”
This session will cover the key elements to best IAQ practices and a healthier home. Who holds the keys, is it the designer, builder, sub-contractors, HVAC contractors, Rater/Advisors, Code officials, product manufacturers, and/or the occupants. No surprise here, it’s a combination. Let’s pick the locks and discuss the various roles each key holder has in creating common failures (unhealthy conditions) and current successes that open the doors to a healthier home.
If a healthier home is as simple as turning a key, why are so few occupants asking for their home to be healthier? Maybe semantics with comfort or … we’ll discuss consumer indifferences. Why are so few doors, opportunities, open and others require special keys to enter.
The door is open, join us.
Learning Goals:
- List the top key holders to a healthier home.
- How does energy savings impact IAQ?
- Name two key makers that are making a positive impact on homes!
- Explain why the healthiest home can become a health risk by the occupant’s actions.
- Name the greatest potential health risk to occupants and what are the sources and solutions.
The audio recording of this session is approximately 45 minutes in length. The recording is not played during the IAQ Club session.
About the Presenter:
Joe Medosch {med-osh} – Client Success Manager at measureQuick, Owner of Energy & Environmental Consulting. He is an industry Master Trainer, national presenter. His diverse background in multiple trades provides a unique understanding of “The House and Occupant as a System.” Joe has been evaluating homes for 20+ years and has been a Comfort Consultant /Trainer for over 15+ years providing solutions on Healthy/Energy Efficient Home Performance.
Certifications / knowledge base and committees include: Healthy Air Research and Certification Authority (HARCA) Board Member, ACCA, IAQ/IEQ assessments, ICC, BPI, RESNET, SMACNA, ASTM.
Continuing Education Credits:
| BPI | Approved - 1.0 credit - Course #22130 |
| 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 |
Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming IAQ Club Sessions Spring 2025
June 18, 2025 – Jeff May on Some Surprising Sources of IAQ Problems and Novel Ways to Sample Mold
Click here to register for the May 22, 2025 IAQ Club Discussion forum
