Best Practices

Ensure that procedures are in place for receiving and responding to IAQ complaints from building occupants.

Establish protocols to manage all significant pollutant sources referenced in I-BEAM that are applicable to the project building.

Following the initial audit, the IAQ manager must make periodic inspections to uncover new

Develop and implement a comprehensive Indoor Air Quality Management Plan using the EPA’s “Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model” (I-BEAM).

Adjust reset and setback temperature settings and calibrate controls and sensors. A Building Automation System (BAS) will allow building managers to adjust, monitor and control temperature set points and air volumes throughout the building from a central location.

Maintain a building operating plan (BOP) that establishes operating schedules and set points and regularly review these parameters against actual building needs.

Turf grass is an example of a monoculture species. Monoculture plantings are essentially the opposite of a biologically diverse landscape, where only one species is planted over an extensive area. 

Projects may use a combination of Option 1 (rate and quantity calculations) and Option 2 (stream protection) to meet the requirements of this credit.

Consider whether high-

If your project is attempting IPMVP, Option D, 12 months of data from the metered categories are used to calibrate the computer simulation model.