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Length: 63 minutes Credit: 1-1.25 (AIA | Focus | USGBC | WI-COM) Cost: $49

Robin Pharo presents the primary strategies used to build a healthy home for people who have chemical sensitivities, asthma or allergies.

Overview

Ensuring good indoor air quality by eliminating or reducing chemicals, controlling moisture and protecting against products that off-gas is important to the health of the home and its occupants. Geared toward the homeowner, this online course will review these strategies and why they are essential for builders, remodelers, architects and designers whose clients have chemical sensitivities, asthma or allergies. The course will also touch on why these strategies are important for all healthy homes.

Learner Objectives

By the end of this webcast, participants should be able to:

• Explain the connection between indoor air quality and health
• Describe construction practices and products to ensure good indoor air quality
• Find information on the chemicals used in building products

Who should view this webcast?

Designers, architects, builders and remodelers, contractors, designers and architects, code officials and building performance consultants

Agenda

• Building blocks needed for a healthy home
  • Control moisture
  • Reduce or eliminate chemicals
  • Ensure clean, fresh air
  • Protect against dangerous gas
• Summary

Credits

This webcast will take you approximately 1 hour to complete and is an audio-visual presentation. Once you have completed the course, and passed a 10 question quiz, members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) will receive 1.25 HSW/SD/LU (learning units). This course has been approved at the 100 Level by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) which will award 1 Continuing Education Unit as part of the GBCI Credentialing Maintenance program. The Wisconsin Department of Commerce will award the following credits: Dwelling Contractor Qualifier (1 hour of credit) and UDC-Construction Inspector Certification (1 hour of credit). Focus on Energy will award 1 hour of credit. Registration is required to view the webcast and receive credit.

The Energy Center is an Authorized Provider for the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and is committed to developing quality learning activities.

Cost

This on-demand webcast is $49.