The Indoor Environment Department:
Recent Research Highlights

Websites

Aerosol-Based Duct Sealing Technology: A new, inexpensive technology to seal ventilation ducts and reduce related energy losses
The High-Radon Project: Technology transfer of new statistical methodology to identify regions of the U.S. with very high indoor radon concentrations
Improving Ventilation and Saving Energy (IVSE): A project to develop and test a heat pump air conditioner system for relocatable (modular) classrooms that reduces mechanical noise and improves energy and ventilation characteristics compared with currently available products.
Residential Ventilation project: An overview of research and analysis activities on residential ventilation
Secure Buildings: Advice for Safeguarding Buildings Against Chemical or Biological Attack
The UV Waterworks: Reliable, energy-efficient and inexpensive water disinfection technology
Ventilation and IAQ for Building Professionals: Information on ventilation rates and technologies, filtration, volatile organic compounds, and sick building syndrome, with downloadable papers

Articles

Aerosol-Based Duct Sealing Technology: A new, inexpensive technology to seal ventilation ducts and reduce energy losses through ducts
The California Healthy Buildings Study: An overview of the Program's research to improve office building indoor environments and office workers' health and productivity
Carrying the Ball on Radon: An overview of the Program's activities on indoor radon
Commercializing a New Technology: Commercializing the aerosol duct sealant technology
Developing a Methodology for Identifying High-Radon Areas: A new statistical methodology to identify areas with very high indoor radon concentrations
Energy and Ventilation Research in Highrise Apartments: The Chelsea Public Housing Study: Research on ventilation and energy use in multistory residential buildings
An Inexpensive CO Sensor: A passive sampler for measuring occupational and indoor CO exposures
UV Waterworks: Reliable, Inexpensive Water Disinfection for the World: A new technology for disinfecting drinking water