IAQ site, including Tools for Schools and mentor network: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
Healthy Schools and HealthySEAT assessment tool: http://www.epa.gov/schools/
Healthy School Environment Resources: Topics include chemical management, waste management, asbestos, lead, indoor & outdoor air quality, pesticide management, and much more. http://cfpub.epa.gov/schools/index.cfm
Mold Remediation in Schools: http://www.epa.gov/mold/pdfs/moldremediation.pdf
Radon Information: http://www.epa.gov/radon
Outdoor Air Assessment: http://www.epa.gov/schoolair/

Judith Heerwagen presentation
Investing in People: The Human Benefits of Sustainable Design
See her ppt slides from this SOSI event: http://www.sustainableschools.org/about/past_events.htm

National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
See sections for safe schools, healthy schools, high performance schools, maintenance and operations, and more.
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/index.cfm

NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Many related resources:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/

Northwest Clean Air Agency

Free download videos: The Virtual School IAQ Walk Through; Mold in Your Home: Causes, Prevention, Cleanup; Attack Asthma at Home http://www.nwcleanair.org/aqPrograms/indoorAir.htm

Portland Public Schools: Health and Safety
Website includes info on many of the IEQ sub-topics. http://www.facilities.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/pg/10493
Portland Public Schools Health and Safety Handbook: http://www.facilities.pps.k12.or.us/.docs/pg/400/rid/10469/

f/H_S_Handbook_2006.pdf

SHPPS 2006 (School Health Policies and Programs Study)
A national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. Comprehensive results from SHPPS 2006 are published in the Journal of School Health, Volume 77, Number 8, October 2007, available free from the American School Health Association at:
http://www.ashaweb.org/journal_schoolhealth.html#shpps, http://cdc.gov/SHPPS.

University of Minnesota program
http://www.dehs.umn.edu/iaq.htm

Washington State Division of Environmental Health
Responding to IAQ in Schools
http://www.doh.wa.gov/EHP/ts/School/respond-iaq-schools.pdf

Washington State K-12 Health and Safety Guide
http://www.k12.wa.us/SafetyCenter/Planning/pubdocs/K-12HealthandSafetyGuide.pdf

Washington State University Energy Program

Provides technical assistance for EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools program
Past issues of the NW School IAQ newsletters
Fact Sheet: Why Measure Carbon Dioxide
Reports: Student Attendance and Carbon Dioxide and 3-Step School IAQ Implementation
H.E.L.P. for Kids Program – a wonderful set of indoor air quality materials for schools, homes and daycares. Includes background information, checklists and tips.
Prill, PrillR@energy.wsu.edu
- http://www.energy.wsu.edu/projects/building/iaq.cfm
- http://www.energy.wsu.edu/pubs

Western Area Power Administration
http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/techbrf/co2.htm

WSU Energy Extension: IAQ for schools program, quarterly “IAQ in Northwest Schools newsletter:

ALSO: Visit the Buildings topic resources for more resources relating to this topic.

Asthma, Health and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

American Lung Association in Oregon

Provides technical assistance for EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools program, and asthma educational programs such as Open Airways for Schools and Exercise and Asthma.

503-924-4094, beverly@lungoregon.org

http://www.lungoregon.org

Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America

Provides technical assistance for EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools program, and asthma educational programs.

http://www.aafa.org

Asthma Community Network
Great resource to link with other communities' work on asthma. A model for action at the community level.
http://www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/

Asthma Friendly Schools Toolkit
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22590#toolkit

Case Study

LaPine Asthma Friendly Schools (PDF 315K)

CDC: Six Strategies for Addressing Asthma within a Coordinated School Health Program
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyYouth/asthma/strategies.htm

Children's Environmental Health: 2006 Report
This is an annual report that summarizes current findings, research, and programs on children's health. http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/CEH06_Final.htm/$file/

CEH06_Final.pdf

Collaborative on Health and Environment –Washington
Environmental health network.
http://washington.chenw.org/index.html

Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments http://www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/docs/KeyDrivers.pdf

Environmental Public Health Indicators Program
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/indicators/
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth

Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/tracking/

EPA: Asthma Management in Schools
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/managingasthma.html

Freebreather website
http://www.freebreather.com/or/

NASBE (National Association of State Boards of Education) Center for Safe and Healthy Schools
Policy guide called “Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn; A School Health Policy Guide”. See Part III: Policies on Asthma, School Health Services, and Healthy Environments.
http://www.nasbe.org/healthy_schools/

Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education
This website contains a link to many issues that relate to children's environmental health. It's a great resource for linking to other EPA programs.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/homepage.htm

Oregon Asthma Friendly Schools Program
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=317

Oregon Asthma Network School Asthma Resource Center
http://www.schoolasthmaallergy.com/html/states-enhanced/OR/tools.html

Resource Sampler on Children's Environmental Health
http://phpartners.org/cehir/sampler.html

Buildings and IEQ

EPA’s IBEAM (IAQ Building Education and Assessment Model
Guidance tool for building professionals and others interested in IAQ in commercial buildings. http://www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/i-beam/index.html

Mold: Cause, Effect, Response

An outstanding guide to mold. Available from the Foundation of the Wall and Ceiling Industry for $10 at their website: http://store.awci.org/cgi-bin/awci/product?;43

USGBC LEED for Schools, Indoor Environment Section
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1586#v3

Chemical Management

Chemical Strategies Partnership
Improving Chemical and Waste Management: A Guide for K-12 School Districts, DRAFT. Includes case study for Lansing, Michigan.
http://www.chemicalstrategies.org/implement_manualstools.htm

EPA:

Chemical management program for schools: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/clusters/
schools/manage.htm
School Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3), (includes training): www.epa.gov/sc3
Building succesful programs to assess chemical risk in schools; a workbook with templates, tips and techniques: http://www.epa.gov/sc3/pdfs/workbk.pdf

Portland Public Schools
Chemical Hygiene Plan for high schools (PDF)

University of Oregon Green Chemistry
Comprehensive site about green chemistry.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~hutchlab/greenchem/

Curriculum - IEQ

EPA: IAQ Curricula
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/curricula.html)

Hydroville Curriculum Project
http://www.hydroville.org/

National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN)
Series of hands-on, interactive lesson plans geared towards grades K-12 that supplement the U.S. EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Program. All lesson plans are tied to state education standards.
http://www.neahealthinfo.org/programs/environmental/
Lesson%20Plans%20and%20Pages/LessonPlanStartPage.htm

Green Cleaning

Coastwide Laboratories
Website links to technical articles and information. http://www.coastwidelabs.com/techserv.htm

Environmental Law Institute
Green Cleaning in Schools: Summary of Selected State and School District Policies, and more http://www2.eli.org/research/iaq.htm

Green Schools Initiative
“Green Schools Buying Guide”
http://greenschools.live.radicaldesigns.org/display.php?modin=50&uid=1

Healthy Schools Campaign,

In Illinois, “The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools, version 2” http://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org/programs/gcs/

National Collaborative Work Group on Green Cleaning and Chemical Policy Reform in Schools
Cleaning for Healthy Schools toolkit.
http://www.cleaningforhealthyschools.org/

Pest Management

IPM Institute of America
School IPM Standards and IPM Star:
http://www.ipminstitute.org/school.htm

Multnomah County Health Department

Vector Control: http://www.mchealth.org/vector/

National Pesticide Information Center

http://npic.orst.edu/

NIOSH
4-page fact sheet "Reducing pesticide exposures at schools"
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2007-150/

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides

http://www.pesticide.org/

Oregon State University

Integrated Plant Protection Center: http://www.ipmnet.org

Toxic Materials

Art and Creative Materials Institute

Learn about art supplies: http://www.acminet.org/

Multnomah County Leadline

http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/health/lead/leadline.html

503-988-4000

National Safety Council

Radon information and test kits: http://www.nsc.org/resources/issues/radon/index.aspx

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Toxics use and hazardous waste reduction: http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/hw/tuhwr.htm

Vehicle Idling

Airwatch Northwest: Anti-Idling Program
http://airwatchnorthwest.org/anti-idling.htm

Oregon Environmental Council: Anti-Idling Kit
http://www.oeconline.org/our-work/kidshealth/schools/index_html

Healthy Homes

Cornell University; Joe Laquatra
Healthy Homes Assessing Your Indoor Environment Users’ Guide has developed a 90-page user’s guide in English and Spanish to accompany the Healthy Homes DVD he developed last year. These materials are available from Joe at JL23@cornell.edu.

Healthy Homes in Five Languages
Help Yourself to a Healthy Home. The Healthy Homes 56-page booklet is now available in Bosnian, Spanish, and Vietnamese, in addition to English and Spanish. It will also be available in the future in Arabic and Native American. For copies, contact Laura Booth of Auburn University at 334-844-5638, or boothlb@auburn.edu

Healthy Home Partnership: There is a teacher and a consumer section.
http://www.uwex.edu/healthyhome/

(Look at Tools for Schools, ASHRAE 62.1, call state toxicologist in Department of health, or Dave Stone at OSU (former state toxicologist), AIA environmental resource guide)

Find definitions here:

ASHRAE 62-1
Tools for Schools
Green chemistry definition is on green chemistry webpage
State toxicologist from Department of Health or David Stone at OSU (former state toxicologist)
AIA Environmental Resource Guide
The Non-Toxic CEO book (written by Mark Wysong from Dolphin Software)

Help Yourself to a Healthy Home
http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/helpyourself/

Portland-Vancouver Smokefree Housing Project: Family/home resources
www.smokefreeoregon.com/housing.

Practical Management Strategies Project: Extensive list of links:
http://www.housingeducators.org/MEMAREA/hsjournal/

Indoor%20Air%20References.pdf

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Healthy Homes Initiative
Great basic information: http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/hhi/index.cfm

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