Indoor Air Quality
Keep your home and workplace happy.
Indoor air quality impacts your health and comfort at home and at work. Whether you're concerned about mold, asbestos, lead paint, or general indoor air quality, Professional Building Inspectors can evaluate your indoor environment. For over 40 years we've helped clients identify IAQ issues while keeping their health and safety the #1 priority.
Indoor Air Quality Services
Elevated levels of mold in the air can make an unhealthy indoor environment for you, your family, and pets. Have your home or workplace tested for mold today.
Lead based paint can cause indoor environmental hazards, especially for children. Live in a home built before 1980? Protect your health by testing for lead paint.
Asbestos is found in homes built before 1970 and can be hazardous to your health. Have your home tested before a renovation project begins.
If you have an unknown odor in your home or workplace & can’t find the source, let our indoor environmental testing specialists help.
Sometimes sneezing, coughing, and itching eyes are allergic reactions to something in your indoor environment. Test for indoor allergens today.
PBI can help you determine if you are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke and what you can do about it.
What is Indoor Air Quality?
Indoor air quality (also called "indoor environmental quality") describes how inside air can affect a person's health, comfort, and ability to work. It can include temperature, humidity, poor ventilation, mold from water damage, or exposure to chemicals.
Professional Building Inspectors is a full service indoor environmental testing company. Members of our staff are Certified Indoor Environmental Consultants (CIEC) and are experts in assessing your home and/or workplace for causes of indoor environmental pollution.
Why all the concern now?
During the 1970's, ventilation requirements were changed to conserve fossil fuels and virtually air-tight buildings emerged. These days we see tighter building construction combined with:
- People spending more time indoors
- Greater awareness of IAQ in the media, with litigation, and government activity
- More indoor pollutants with office equipment
According to the EPA, occupant health and comfort can be adversely affected by indoor air pollution. Air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the largest and most industrialized cities.
In addition, people who may be exposed to indoor air pollutants for the longest periods of time are often those most susceptible to the effects of indoor air pollution. Such groups include the young, the elderly, and the chronically ill.
What causes indoor air problems in your home or workplace?
Indoor pollution sources and inadequate ventilation work together to negatively impact indoor air quality. Buildings need enough outdoor air to dilute emissions from indoor sources and to carry indoor air pollutants outside.
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