2014 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management

Learn about key components of their exceptional programs, a significant challenge each faced in growing their program's success and lessons they learned in addressing this challenge. Read more about the 2014 Winners.

Read Acting Assistant Administrator for Office of Air and Radiation Janet McCabe's Blog: "Recognizing Exceptional Asthma Programs", May 1, 2014.

The School Health and Indoor Environments Leadership Development Summit (SHIELDS)

The summit was a gathering of over 80 green and healthy school leaders whose mission is to advance the future of the healthy indoor environments in schools movement. SHIELDS is an extension of our efforts to mobilize school-based environmental and health stakeholders to take sustainable actions toward increasing the number and quality of IAQ management programs in the nation's schools. Learn about the vision and movement inspired by school environmental health leaders across the country.

Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades

EPA has developed a new voluntary guidance document, Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades, that provides a set of best practices for improving indoor air quality in conjunction with energy retrofit work in homes.
Read more about the Protocols.
Download the Protocols (PDF, 48 pp., 4.27 M, about PDF).
Read the EPA Press Release.