Energy Savings Plus Health 101: Register Now

EPA Indoor Environments Division sent this bulletin at 06/13/2017 10:05 AM EDT

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Getting Started With Energy Savings Plus Health:
How to Integrate Energy Efficiency With
Health & Safety Outcomes in Your School

Register    Date: Thursday, July 11; Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT
     
Download    Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School Building Upgrades

Interested in taking a proactive approach to protecting indoor air quality (IAQ) while boosting energy efficiency in your school district? This webinar will take you through the steps for getting started. You will learn how to integrate energy management activities (including retrofits or other building upgrade projects) and IAQ protection activities using the recommendations in EPA’s Energy Savings Plus Health: Indoor Air Quality Guidelines for School Building Upgrades. Using these guidelines can both lead to substantial improvements in IAQ and generate cost savings. Webinar participants will explore practical steps for seamlessly implementing the Energy Savings Plus Health guidance and will learn how to use the accompanying Interactive Air Quality Planner, a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that helps create a custom verification checklist for energy efficiency projects.

To explore the tools prior to the webinar, download the Guidelines and the Interactive Air Quality Planner.

Webinar participants will learn how to—

  • Get started implementing the Energy Savings Plus Health guidance to integrate IAQ protections into school energy efficiency retrofits and other building upgrade projects.
  • Create a custom verification checklist using the Interactive Air Quality Planner.
  • Apply the best practices modeled by Des Moines Public Schools to realize cost savings and protect occupant health by integrating energy management activities and IAQ protection activities.

Featured IAQ Experts

  • Kudret Ütebay, The Cadmus Group, Inc., Arlington, Virginia
  • Dave Berger, Energy and Environmental Specialist, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, Iowa

Left: Energy Savings Plus Health Guidelines cover. Right: Want to gain a better understanding of the connection between IAQ and energy efficiency? View the previous ES+H webinar to learn about best practices and key principles of protecting IAQ during a school energy efficiency retrofit and other building upgrade projects. Energy Efficiency Plus IAQ: Strategies for Improving Health and Reducing Energy Costs in Your School

Questions?
EPA offers free IAQ Tools for Schools resources—including the School IAQ Assessment Mobile App—to help schools maintain a healthy indoor environment by identifying, correcting and preventing IAQ problems. Learn more about the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance and access other valuable school environmental health resources at www.epa.gov/iaq-schools.

If you have any questions about the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance, please contact the IAQ Tools for Schools Connector Coordinator at iaqschools@epa.gov.