Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Our applied building scientists provide training and technical assistance and recommend practices and procedures for improving IAQ in Northwest schools and other facilities.

Assessments of School Indoor Air Quality

With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, our specialists assess Northwest schools, recommending practices and procedures to improve indoor air quality. For more information, see School Indoor Air Quality Assessment and Program Implementation. Also check out the EPA-sponsored H.E.L.P. for Kids Project for forms, checklists and handouts to help create healthier environments for children in schools, child care centers and homes.

IAQ Newsletter

We published a quarterly newsletter, Indoor Air Quality in Northwest Schools (IAQ News), through Spring 2010. IAQ News covers training events, grant opportunities, IAQ cleaning suggestions and tips, and other information useful to school districts and others involved in indoor air quality and operations and maintenance. View IAQ News

Other Publications and Videos

• Video: 'Duct Sealing for Comfort, Energy and IAQ' (16:45 minutes) shows building professionals or do-it-yourself homeowners how ducts move air, where common leaks are, and how to fix them.
• Factsheet: Keeping Homes Dry
• Factsheet: Why Measure Carbon Dioxide in Buildings?

Tribal Indoor Air Quality Project

We provide information, training and technical support for Northwest Tribes, with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. For more information, see the project website

Our IAQ Contacts

• Rich Prill: (509) 477-6701 prillr@energy.wsu.edu
• David Hales: (509) 477-6702 halesd@energy.wsu.edu