Print this page Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Engineering
Lance D. LaRue, P.E., FPE, CIAQP
Course Outline
This online course provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of indoor air quality (IAQ) engineering. The purpose of this course is to give the engineers & design professionals the information, resources, and tools needed to help deliver acceptable IAQ. The purpose of this course is to also help guide the design professional in the application of this material. This course on IAQ Engineering differs from other standard IAQ presentations, because it focuses on the work done by engineers and design professionals (the “how to”) in order to help them provide acceptable indoor air quality. Standard IAQ presentations do not directly address the “how to” of providing acceptable indoor air quality. Also, no secondary or tangential material is presented in depth within this course. This course is designed to have an immediate and direct impact upon the design professional’s work.
This course includes
a multiple choice quiz at the end,
Learning Objective
At the conclusion of this course, the student will be aware of:
- The impact of engineering on indoor air quality;
- How indoor air quality affects comfort, health, & productivity;
- How building system design affects indoor air quality;
- Temperature and humidity as a factor of engineering design;
- Ventilation as a factor of engineering design;
- Air distribution as a factor of engineering design;
- Contaminants and control as a factor of engineering design;
- Building pressurization as a factor of engineering design;
- Sound & vibration as a factor of engineering design;
- Engineering design for proper building system operation;
- How building system operation affects indoor air quality;
- Engineering design for proper building system maintenance;
- How building system maintenance affects indoor air quality; and
- How engineering design, operation, and maintenance combine to provide quality indoor air.
Intended Audience
This online course is designed for mechanical engineers, HVAC engineers & designers, architects, building engineers & designers, facility managers, operations & maintenance personnel, and it is also presentable to a general audience.
Benefit to Attendees
The audience will benefit from this online course through learning about the issues related to indoor air quality engineering. The audience will be able to utilize the practical information on IAQ presented in this online course in their daily professional lives. For the audience members already familiar with indoor air quality, this course presents IAQ in terms of engineering design which can help them focus their design work on the issues that matter most in each unique situation.
Course
Content
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Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Engineering
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Course
Summary
Indoor air quality is an increasingly important subject – in building design & operation and in the public forum. Acceptable indoor air quality is the goal and indoor air quality engineering is the assured way of reaching the goal. In this online course the requirements for acceptable indoor air quality are fully detailed in terms of IAQ engineering. The most important factors are summarized within the following list:
- Within the workplace IAQ can affect comfort, health, & productivity
- Important components of IAQ engineering are temperature, humidity, ventilation, contaminants, building pressurization, sound & vibration.
- Engineering design for acceptable indoor air quality must include proper consideration for effective building operation & maintenance.
Quiz
Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.
