Indoor Air Quality Services

Summary

arch environmental group's indoor air quality program steps past the normal investigative aspects of IAQ services and aims to assist our clients with preventive services to minimize the affects of poor indoor air quality and provide a safe, healthy, indoor air environment. arch environmental group's IAQ Consultants can help identify specific problems through general IAQ investigations and air sampling/monitoring or can set up health & safety programs to promote safe, healthy indoor air environments in unique situations, such as during construction in an occupied building. Although governmental regulatory standards do not currently exist, arch environmental group utilizes industry standards as developed by the American Society of Heating, Cooling and Refrigeration (ASHRAE) and guidance documents published by various agencies.

Services

Indoor Air Quality Investigations

arch environmental group's indoor air quality professionals have extensive experience in homes, businesses, hospitals and school buildings. Whether you have a sick building or a specific building related illness, we have the expertise and equipment needed to solve your problem. Typical general indoor air quality investigations include comfort issues such as temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide while more extensive investigations may include items such as volatile organic compounds, gasses and mold. No matter what your indoor air quality concern may be, arch environmental group has the equipment necessary to investigate: IAQ meters, air flow meters, particulate meters, detection tube samplers and mold sampling devices to name a few. Our time tested reports provide a summary of our findings delivered in a quick turn-around time.

Radon Sampling and Mitigation

Radon is a naturally occuring, odorless, colorless and tasteless radioactice gas that is known to cause lung cancer. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers and according EPA research, approximatley 20,000 lives are taken annualy from radon exposure. Radon gas can be measured in your home or workplace via various samplling devices. Our IAQ professional staff is expereinced and ready to assisat you in any of your radon concerns.

Infrared Investigations

arch environmental group's FLIR (Forwared Looking Infrared) camera is usefull in determining building envelope concerns. The temperature difference between indoor air and outdoor air can be utilized to determine thermal loss and comfort issues related to your indoor air quality.

HVAC Analysis

Services include HVAC system air flow determinations, system balancing and new system air flow conformations. arch environmental group is also available to determine fresh air concentrations and other HVAC information necessary for a building to maintain quality indoor air.