Indoor airPLUS Program
Resources
EPA created the Indoor airPLUS new home label to help builders meet the growing consumer preference for homes with improved indoor air quality. The following are useful materials to help you build homes that meet Indoor airPLUS specifications and to promote Indoor airPLUS qualified homes. These materials are FREE of charge and are available in PDF. You can also download and print the Order Form (PDF) (2 pp., 958 K, about PDF)
Step up to Indoor airPLUS A new opportunity for leading builders to create better environments inside and out.
This brochure, developed for home builders, summarizes Indoor airPLUS. It includes information on why and how builders design homes with Indoor airPLUS, what distinguishes new homes with Indoor airPLUS, and how to get started. A must for builders new to Indoor airPLUS.
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Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications
These specifications provide the measures builders can take to help improve indoor air quality in new homes compared with homes built to minimum code. Homes that comply with these specifications qualify as Indoor airPLUS homes. This is an essential document for builders designing Indoor airPLUS homes.
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Indoor airPLUS Verification Checklist
(Checklist also available in the complete Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications) This stand-alone checklist provides the requirements for building an Indoor airPLUS qualified home.
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Promotional
Guidelines Intended for Indoor airPLUS Partners only, these guidelines include details on how to use the promotional and certification marks for Indoor airPLUS.
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Indoor airPLUS Better Environments Inside and Out
This consumer pamphlet summarizes Indoor airPLUS for potential new home buyers. It explains the advantages of building a new home with Indoor airPLUS as well as the features of an Indoor airPLUS qualified home. Great resource for builders to promote their Indoor airPLUS qualified homes.
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Care for Your Air: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality This brochure provides quick and simple overview of some key indoor air pollutants including radon, secondhand smoke, asthma triggers, volatile organic compounds, molds and combustion pollutants. The brochure unfolds into a poster that features action steps to improving indoor air.
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Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon This booklet is intended for anyone who is buying or selling a home, real estate and relocation professionals, home inspectors and others.
Guía del Radon para el Comprador y Vendedor de Viviedas
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Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers: Your Children Will Breathe Easier This tri-fold brochure is a handy resource for parents and caretakers of children with asthma. Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
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A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home This Guide provides information and guidance for homeowners and renters on how to clean up residential mold problems and how to prevent mold growth.
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Protect Your Family and Yourself from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hundreds of people die accidentally every year from CO poisoning caused by malfunctioning or improperly used fuel-burning appliances. Even more die from CO produced by idling cars. Be safe. Practice the DOs and DONTs of carbon monoxide.
Proteja su vida y la de su familia: Evite el envenenamiento con monóxido de carbono
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Order materials
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)
Phone: (800) 490-9198
Fax: (301) 604-3408
Email: nscep@bps-lmit.com
Website: www.epa.gov/nscep
When ordering materials, please use the EPA document numbers listed in bold. Questions about ordering: (800) 490-9198.
You can also visit the Indoor Air Quality publications Website for more information and to download or order related documents: www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs
Additional Resources
The Indoor airPLUS Technical Specifications: How to Rate It Slideshow
(from 2010 RESNET Building Performance Conference Presentations)
Available in PDF
(84 pp., 3.5 M)
Missed the Webinar? Need the slides?
The Webinar presentations below will help you discover how Indoor airPLUS homes are designed to improve indoor air and increase energy efficiency, learn about the key design and construction features included in Indoor airPLUS homes to protect indoor air quality, and find out how about the promotional materials provided to Indoor airPLUS partners.
Indoor airPLUS 101 Webinar (February 2010)
- Launch the Webinar (SWF, 26.1 M, 57:00)
- Download the PDF file for the slides (PDF, 53 pp., 3.52 M)
Getting Started with Indoor airPLUS Webinar (September 2009)
- Launch the Webinar (SWF, 37 M, 56:22)