Physical Place:
Indoor Environmental Quality
START Metric #36:
Indoor Air Quality
Guides & Resources
‘How To’ Guides
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Healthy, Green Purchasing for Asthma Prevention
From the US Center for Green Schools, a guide to help schools & districts introduce and implement health-informed purchasing practices into school policy.
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5 Step Guide to Check Ventilation Rates in Classrooms
From Harvard, learn how to improve ventilation through 5 steps: measure the classroom dimensions, perform preliminary checks, measure outdoor ventilation rates, compare results and consider strategies.
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How to Improve Indoor Air Quality
Created by a GSA student intern, this guide includes steps and resources to improve indoor air quality, including easy-to-access links from the EPA.
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Indoor Air Quality and IPM Guide
From Missouri Green Schools, step-by-step guidance for creating healthier learning environments through Integrated Pest Management, including additional resource links.
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Additional Resources
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Case Study: Districts Switch to Green Cleaning Products
From RAMP, success stories from three California school districts who made the switch to green cleaning and improved air quality.
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IAQ Factsheet: Germicidal Ultraviolet
From US Center for Green Schools, an explainer of how germicidal ultraviolet can be used as an effective non-chemical method to disinfect surfaces.
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EPA Ventilation Checklist
Facilities and maintenance staff can use this checklist to help examine outdoor air intakes; system cleanliness, outdoor air supplies, air distribution, exhaust systems, & quantity of outdoor air.
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