Environmental Health and Safety in Schools: An Overview
AMI Environmental | Photo: Exeter High School, Austin Blake Grant, CC License Our nation’s schools are experiencing an environmental health crisis. Every day over 53 million children and six million...
View Article5 IAQ Essentials for Building Design & Construction
AMI Environmental | 1. Clients care about IAQ Good IAQ is associated with greater occupant comfort and satisfaction, and can help employers avoid costs associated with absenteeism, decreased worker...
View ArticleBuilding Envelope Design & Construction for Healthy IAQ
AMI Environmental | Remember a while ago when we were talking about Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and Building-Related Illnesses (BRI)? (If not, here’s the article.) We discussed how modern...
View Article12 Things You Didn’t Know About IAQ
AMI Environmental | We’re going to be spending more time indoors in the coming months. What better time to learn more about our indoor environment? We’ve gathered some important but not-so-well-known...
View ArticleMold vs. Mildew
AMI Environmental | Most people lump mold and mildew together as the same thing. But these fungi do have several key differences that will be helpful to know when you encounter them. Similarities: Both...
View ArticleMold Health Effects
AMI Environmental | A close-up view of an invasive aspergillosis infection of the lungs. Photo: KGH (CC-BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia CommonsMolds can cause diseases in humans and animals. These health...
View ArticleWhy Do I Feel Sick at Work
AMI Environmental | Here’s a scenario: You wake up in the morning, get ready for work and head to the office ready to tackle some important tasks. But shortly after starting work, you start to feel...
View ArticleCauses of Sick Building Syndrome & Building-Related Illness
AMI Environmental | As many as one in four new or renovated buildings can be classified as “sick” according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That’s 25%. One might say that it’s an epidemic....
View ArticleHow to Minimize Building-Related Illness and Sick Building Syndrome
AMI Environmental | Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and Building-Related Illness (BRI) can result from building deterioration, improper use of the building, flawed design or faulty construction, among...
View ArticleIAQ QUIZ: How much do you know about the air you breathe?
AMI Environmental | Take our IAQ Quiz to find out how much you know about the air you breathe, and how you can improve IAQ where you live, work and play. 1. How much money does Sick Building Syndrome...
View ArticleMeet Our Experts
AMI Environmental | Dan Taylor, President & CEO Dan has 30 plus years of experience resolving hazardous material, infection control, and EHS problems in healthcare facilities. He works with...
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Meet our Experts
AMI Environmental | William H. Crowe, MS, MBA, CIH, CSP Vice President William “Bill” Crowe is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional. He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees...
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Is bipolar ionization an effective method for improving IAQ?
AMI Environmental | How does bipolar ionization work? Bipolar Ionization is all about oxygen ions. Outdoors, there are naturally thousands of positively and negatively charged molecules or atoms in...
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Upping IAQ without an HVAC overhaul
AMI Environmental | Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has highlighted the need for us to be flexible as we tackle new challenges. And while the virus may be “novel” (how many times have we heard that word?),...
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What’s that smell?
AMI Environmental | You may have run this internal monologue through your head recently: What’s that smell? It smells like something’s burning. No, that’s not it…Am I breathing poisonous gas?...
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