Indoor Air Quality Handbook

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* Tackles the complex environmental issue of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for industrial hygienists, HVAC engineers, architects and anyone else concerned with the air quality of interiors
* Infused with charts, tables, and all the major formulas and calculations necessary to monitor and characterize a particular environment
* Includes all relevant codes, standards and guidelines

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The Illustrated Mold Handbook
Scott Forde , Marko Vovk , and Myron Ryglewicz
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Mold & Mold Toxin Remediation

ASIN: 0972629610

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This book is a unique and powerful compilation of information and visual explanations about the complex topic of mold and microbial contaminations. Explore examples from years of field studies by mold experts including field notes, site conditions, building science, psychrometrics as well as useful and informative images. Learn how mold can contaminate our homes and buildings - as well as the typical course for these dangerous indoor air quality problems. Detailed enough for building science experts, the clear and concise presentation of information will be useful also for beginners to understand mold and it's significant health ramifications. It contains: -Hundreds of color photographs -In-depth forensic studies -Expansive real-life field examples -Mold causes -Building science & psychrometric explanations -Health risks associated with mold -"Visual Glossary" of the most common & dangerous mold types

Indoor Air Quality: Sampling Methodologies

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Indoor Air Quality: Sampling Methodologies
Kathleen Hess-Kosa
Manufacturer: Lewis Publishers
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Indoor Air Quality Handbook
Indoor Air Quality Engineering

ASIN: 1566705398

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Indoor Air Quality: Sampling Methodologies provides environmental professionals and industrial hygienists with the latest information available in "indoor air quality sampling." In most instances, there are no established government protocols. In this book, the author presents prominent contributions and discusses the practical concerns that determine which sampling approach is best for a given situation. The author defines and clarifies indoor air quality and its historic background. She presents a diagnostic approach to addressing health concerns, brief overview of air handling systems, observations to be made regarding indoor activities, information regarding air emissions from other buildings, and a discussion of individual susceptibilities to various substances. The book covers sampling strategies, sampling/analytical protocols, suggested uses for these protocols, and a means for interpreting results. A one-of-a-kind, practical guide for assessing indoor air quality, this book gives you step-by-step instructions for all sampling tasks and includes background information, occurrence and uses of contaminants, exposure and diagnostic sampling and analytical protocols, and helpful hints based on the author's observations and experience. It shows you how to develop a theory and follow it through to identification of unknown air contaminants. The book contains more than 150 charts, tables, photographs, and drawings and includes an extensive glossary and symptoms index. No other book offers you the concise, in-depth, and practical coverage you will find in Indoor Air Quality: Sampling Methodologies.

Cleanroom Technology: Fundamentals of Design, Testing and Operation

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helpful, but not great
comprehensive and sound
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Cleanroom Technology: Fundamentals of Design, Testing and Operation
William Whyte
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Cleanroom Design (Wiley Series in Mathematical Methods in Practice)
Contamination Control And Cleanroom Technology: An Introduction
Cleanroom Microbiology for the Non-Microbiologist
Clean Room Design: Minimizing Contamination Through Proper Design
Pharmaceutical Master Validation Plan: The Ultimate Guide to FDA, GMP, and GLP Compliance

ASIN: 0471868426

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A cleanroom is a contamination-controlled environment and is essential in the industrial manufacture of many electronic, semiconductor, optical, pharmaceutical and medical products.
The use of cleanrooms for the manufacture of a large range of products such as microprocessors, CD players, lasers, pharmaceuticals and medical devices continues to grow and many companies are using cleanrooms for the first time. At the same time, new technology products that can only be produced in cleanrooms are being developed. This comprehensive overview of the fundamentals, design, testing and operation of cleanroom systems provides novices with a introduction to this state-of-the-art technology and professionals with an accessible reference to the current standards. Readers will benifit from the author's 35 years of experience in cleanroom technology R&D, consultancy and teaching. The text is complementary to the structure and content of Whyte's own and many in-house cleanroom courses in the electronics and pharmaceutical industries.
· Complementary to the highly successful Cleanroom Design, Second Edition and the forthcoming Cleanroom Testing and Running by the same author
· Presents the fundamentals and latest standards for the design, validation, testing and running of cleanroom systems
Pitched at introductory level and tailored to fulfil the training requirements of scientists and engineers new to cleanroom technology

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helpful, but not great.......2007-08-21

The book is an easy reading, with a very entertaining chapter on how the basic cleanroom concepts have been developed historically.

The book would benefit greatly from being more specific. E.g. it talks about how panels in a room need to be washable and made of non-outgassing materials, but fails to be specific enough on what materials actually can be used (the only specific construction materials mentioned were steel, aluminum and PVC, with the latter being an outgassing plastic). Brand names and type of paint, are not mentioned.

Same with protective clothing: it specifies how small/large the pores need to be but fails to provide a good selection of brand names that work (other than Tyvek and Goretex).

It appears the author is more knowlegable in the area of protective clothing, filtration, and cleanroom conduct, but is probably less knowledgable in the area of construction materials.

A list of references embedded in the text, science writing style, would also help.

comprehensive and sound.......2007-05-29

Comprehensive and sound guide for clean room design and operation. It helped me while establishing the microelectronics facility.

Not yet delivered.......2007-01-12

Not yet delivered. Already ond and half monthes gone.
I already payed the charge money. I wonder what is goning on.

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Indoor Air Quality Engineering
Yuanhui Zhang
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 1566706742

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Engineers are increasingly faced with indoor air quality issues, particularly in the design of ventilation and filtration systems and airborne contaminant removal. Because this specialty has only recently gained momentum, resources have been limited to scattered research papers on this topic, until now. Indoor Air Quality Engineering covers a wide range of indoor air quality engineering principles and applications, providing guidelines for identifying and analyzing indoor air quality problems as well as designing a system to mitigate these problems. Structured into three sections - properties and behavior of airborne pollutants, measurement and sampling efficiency, and air quality enhancement technologies - this book uses real-life examples, design problems, and solutions to illustrate engineering principles and function as a practical tool for individual study. Specific topics of interest include: particle mechanics, gas kinetics, diffusion and airborne transportation; impaction, gravitational settling, and isokinetic and anisokinetic sampling; and filtration, aerodynamic air cleaning, electrostatic precipitation, wet scrubbing, adsorption, and ventilation effectiveness. Including more than 200 problems and a separate solutions manual for instructors, professors and students in engineering, environmental sciences, occupational health, and industrial hygiene concerned with indoor air quality control will find Indoor Air Quality Engineering provides effective methods, technologies, and principles not traditionally covered in other texts.

Bioaerosols (INDOOR AIR RESEARCH SERIES)

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Bioaerosols (INDOOR AIR RESEARCH SERIES)
HARRIET,ED. BURGE
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Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, & Measurement of Airborne Particles (Wiley-Interscience)

ASIN: 0873717244

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Written by an illustrious group of experts in microbiology and aerobiology, Bioaerosols brings together current information on the nature and health effects of bioaerosol-related problems. The book presents up-to-date coverage of methods for sampling and analysis, as well as various approaches to the investigation of health problems caused by exposure to biological contaminants in indoor air. Its comprehensive treatment of the various aspects of this subject makes it a valuable reference for industrial hygienists, public health officials and researchers, and physicians interested in environmentally caused disease.

Sick Buildings: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MITIGATION

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Sick Buildings: DEFINITION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MITIGATION
THAD GODISH
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ASIN: 087371346X

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This book is a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) characterized as sick or problem buildings. Significant emphasis is given to defining the nature of the problem, the various potential causal and risk factors, problem building diagnostic protocols and contaminant measurements, and the mitigation of IAQ problems, including case histories. The book features a discussion on the potential causal factors studied extensively in Europe and recognized in North America as well.

Understanding Ventilation: How to Design, Select, and Install Residential Ventilation Systems

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A breath of fresh air
A Holistic Approach to VENTILATION
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Understanding Ventilation: How to Design, Select, and Install Residential Ventilation Systems
John Bower
Manufacturer: Healthy House Institute
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Healthy House Building for the New Millennium

ASIN: 0963715658

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At last...a book that takes all the mystery out of ventilation! Understanding Ventilation is the only book that covers all aspects of exchanging the air in houses: infiltration, equipment selection, design, heat-recovery ventilators, sizing, costs, controls, whole-house filters, distribution, and possible problems that a ventilation system can cause--all in easy-to-understand language.

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A breath of fresh air.......2003-09-07

I read this book and found the answer I was looking for. My 1957 home had been upgraded and insulated so well that it was acting as a bottle. Basically my indoor humidity was up at past 65% RH and my poorly insulated exterior walls were getting down to the low 50F in the colder months of the SF Bay area. No one could explain why I was getting mold in my closets. I found this book at an architectural book store and everything clicked. I may be the first person to install a ventilation system on my type of home but I had the confidence to do so after reading this book. Now I have a well ventilated home and no more mold. Thanks you!!!

A Holistic Approach to VENTILATION.......2001-02-14

I recently went "house-hunting" with some relatives and quickly realized that they were focused exclusively on floor plan issues like the number of bedrooms, the square footage, and the presence of trees on the lot. It disturbed me that they were neglecting any consideration of the critical role that ventilation plays in creating a healthy home environment. Like so many other homebuyers, they were adhering to a philosophy of "ventilation by default." Then and there, I decided to give them a copy of John Bower's extraordinary book UNDERSTANDING VENTILATION, as an early house-warming gift.

Bower understands how houses breathe and he communicates his expertise succinctly and authoritatively. He take a holistic approach to a house, viewing it as an organism consisting of interconected parts. He equates the ventilation system with the lungs of the structure. Houses built without a stratgically designed ventilation system are like sleep apnea patients, who breathe erratically and unevenly. Bower's approach teaches us how to build systems that have controlled, efficient, intentional ventilation.

In the theatre, the term "triple threat" describes someone who can sing, dance and act. In the area of building science, John Bower is a quadruple threat. He is a building ecology expert of very high calibre; he is a skilled writer; he is a talented teacher; and he is a compassionate 'sick house doctor' who can diagnose and prescribe strategies that heal.

Bower's style is masterful, clear, concise and very readable. The diagrams are illustrative and demonstrate the author's welcome sense of humor. The information is easily accessible for those who would prefer to use the book as a quick reference. The numerous appendices (abbreviations, glossary, bibliography, organizations, equipment sources) alone, make the price of the book a bargain.

If you are a homeowner (or a prospective one) and if concepts like infiltration, air exchange, positive / negative air pressure, source control and ventilation make you roll your eyes in the back of your head, then this is a 'must have' book for you.

"Understanding Ventilation" Not Installing Ductwork.......2000-03-30

Proper housing ventilation, the kind that helps maintain healthyindoor air quality (IAQ)is a poorly understood subject. John Bower's book is an excellent "teacher" for the layperson as well as a "continuing educational seminar" for the industry insider. It breaks down the concept of proper ventilation in an easy-to-read format while it presents a new paradign for industry workers familiar with installing ductwork but who may not have time to keep current with trade magazines. This book illuminates aspects of proper ventilation that are often overlooked such as how pollutants get into your house in the first place and provides workable guidlines to achieve solutions. It would be ridiculous to assume that any book would have the concrete answers to every possible IAQ problem, but where this book succeeds is in its ability to involove the reader in the solution to his or her own home's individual IAQ problems. END

Not a duct design or sizing manual.......1999-06-16

Over-hyped. If your goal is to come away with the ability to design and install actual ventilation systems, i.e. ductwork, try again. Little accurately re-design or modify my existing ductwork. I actually spoke with the publisher before purchasing this book, and was assured this topic was covered!

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When we think of indoor pollution, we usually think of conditions originating from faulty ventilation systems, second hand smoke, and other air borne pollutants. Taking an in-depth, hard science look at the problems of indoor environmental pollution, Indoor Environmental Quality covers all the major indoor contaminants - inorganic, organic, and biological. Renowned author Thad Godish expands the scope of "indoor air quality" issues to include the entire indoor environment, both in the workplace and the home. He covers: · hand-to-mouth transfer of lead, pesticides and asbestos · dermal exposures from pesticide-contaminated dust · contact with office materials such as carbon paper and other printed papers · Naturally occurring and man-made contaminants such as radon and asbestos Godish discusses specific techniques including ventilation and air cleaning that can aid you in the clean-up of indoor air problems. He presents the major issues and concepts, and provides supporting facts in a highly readable style. An excellent, comprehensive, clear introduction to the issues associated with the quality of the indoor environment, Indoor Environmental Quality gives you the how-tos for controlling contaminants at the source. Its readability makes it ideal for anyone who needs information about specific indoor air problems, and how to diagnose and mitigate them.

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"Bible of Biofiltration"....
Biofilter Bible

Biofiltration For Air Pollution Control
Joseph S. Devinny
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 1566702895

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The number-one environmental threat to public health, air pollution remains a pressing problem-made even more complicated by the massive quantity and diversity of air pollution sources. Biofiltration technology (using micro-organisms growing on porous media) is being recognized as one of the most advantageous means to convert pollutants to harmless products. Done properly, biofiltration works at a reasonable cost-utilizing inexpensive components, without requiring fuel or generating hazardous by-products. Firmly established in Europe, biofiltration techniques are being increasingly applied in North America: Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control offers the necessary knowledge to "do it right."

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"Bible of Biofiltration"...........2001-04-21

Is how we refer to this book also. It covers all of the basics, gives tons (tonne?) of useful info in an organized manner with many useful references to get someone started in almost any aspect of biofiltration. well done.

Biofilter Bible.......2000-05-13

This book has been nicknamed the "Bible of Biofiltration" with due cause. It is an excellent resource for the novice and experienced alike. It is written by three well-respected and experienced leaders in the biofilter field. It contains an excellent review of the fundamental science and the practical design as well as giving numerous examples of applications throughout the world. It is "a must have" for anyone who is in need of an reference book on biofiltration.

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