NON-PROFITS
General and specific information about indoor air pollution, solutions, and helpful tips. Includes a Guide for Creating a Healthier Home.
An organization dedicated to finding a cure for and controlling asthma and allergic diseases.
Fact sheets and educational materials about indoor air quality pollutants, problems, and solutions.
A guide to certified low-emitting interior products and building materials.
An organization that promotes the exchange of indoor environmental information, through education and research, for the safety and well being of the general public.
US GOVERNMENT – FEDERAL
Although a federal non-regulatory agency rather than a traditional Department of Energy national lab, its Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group develops crucial computer simulation models (like CONTAM) and measurement procedures for building air and contaminant transport.
Offers a variety of environmental health topics for the consumer.
Excellent IAQ resource, including helpful Web links related to IAQ.
Provides information about pesticides to the general public as well as the medical, veterinary, and professional communities.
Offers a variety of indoor air quality publications. These publications are the same as the National Safety Council offerings.
Offers information on health-related topics with a focus on preventing and controlling diseases, disability and injury.
IAQ hotline, publications, and resources.
US GOVERNMENT – STATES
Information about upcoming IAQ events, as well as IAQ information sheets and helpful links.
Lots of good web links and information on indoor air quality.
Information in both Spanish and English about molds in the home.
Information about asbestos, formaldehyde, mold, carbon monoxide and other indoor air pollutants.
Fact sheet covers how consumers can protect their property from mold damage.
BEST PRACTICES ORGANIZATIONS
Timely source of technical and educational information, standards and guidelines on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and related human factors.
General and specific information about indoor air pollution, assessment, solutions, and helpful tips.
A consumer resource and certification program that provides independently tested performance information for air cleaners and filters, helping people compare products and choose models based on verified CADR ratings and room-size recommendations.
Important for homeowners looking into whole-house energy audits. Their certified professionals are trained to check for combustion safety, energy efficiency, and ensure minimum ventilation standards are met for homes.
A highly practical resource for homeowners looking for certified professionals and standards regarding HVAC system and air duct cleaning.
The nation’s largest nonprofit certification organization for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) technicians.
An organization that provides heating, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical contractors with a focused offering of services and tools to help them improve their businesses, differentiate themselves, grow, and become more profitable.
Provides current, local allergy reports and forecasts for every ZIP code in the continental United States.
Offers important guidelines for homeowners on the intersection of home energy efficiency, weatherization, and proper indoor ventilation (often found through their Building America program).
INTERNATIONAL
Offers a variety of indoor air quality publications from an international perspective.
An international, independent, multidisciplinary, scientific, non-profit organization whose purpose is to support the creation of healthy, comfortable and productivity-encouraging indoor environments.
BUILDING IAQ CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
LEED is the most widely recognized green building rating system in the world. offering a framework for healthy, efficient, and cost-effective green buildings, providing environmental and social benefits.
Establishes requirements in buildings that promote clean air and reduce or minimize the sources of indoor air pollution.
A non-profit organization that develops data-driven building standards, certifications, and tools to help the built environment measurably improve human health, sustainability, decarbonization, and circularity.