Healthy Homes Resources

Local Contractors List from Indian River County State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP)

Asthma

• Common Asthma Triggers (CDC)
• Asthma Triggers: Gain Control (EPA)
• About Asthma (NIH)

Mold

• Learn About Mold (EPA)
• Mold Clean Up Guidelines and Recommendations (CDC)

Indoor Air Quality

• The impact of poor housing and indoor air quality on respiratory health in children (NIH)
• Building Air Quality Guide: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers | US EPA
• Building Air Quality Plan – US EPA
• Volatile Organic Compounds' Impact on Indoor Air Quality | US EPA
• Indoor Air Quality Guide: Best Practices for Design, Construction and Commissioning – ASHRAE, US GBC, BOMA, SMACCNA, US EPA

Building Ventilation | Indoor Air – US DOE, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Indoor Air Quality Scientific Findings Resource Bank

• Building Ventilation Background
• Ventilation Rates and Office Work Performance
• Ventilation Rates and School Performance
• Ventilation Rates and Respiratory Illness
• Ventilation Rates and Absences in Offices and Schools
• Ventilation Rates and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms
• Ventilation Rates and Health in Homes
• Implications for Good Ventilation Practices
• Some Disadvantages of Increased Ventilation
• Supporting Information
  

Volatile Organic Compounds | Indoor Air

• Introduction to VOCs
  
• VOCs and Sensory Irritation Symptoms
  
• VOCs and Respiratory Symptoms
  
• VOCs and Cancer
  
• VOCs in Cleaning Products
  
• SVOCs and Health
  
• VOCs from Indoor Chemical Reactions
  
• Implications for Good Building Practices

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