Indoor Environmental Air Quality Surveys - Details

Indoor Environmental Air Quality Survey (IEAQS):

This is a limited indoor environmental survey where samples, air and surface, are taken within the Indoor Living Environment. Non Living Environments would include Attics, Crawl Spaces, Unfinished Basements, Garages, Utility Rooms, etc.

The IEAQS provides:

  • a combination of four (4) air and or surface samples
  • an AIHA Certified Laboratory evaluation
  • a testing laboratory report (providing the type and quantity of mold spores identified)
  • a MoldSCORE (comparing the indoor spore count and type to the outdoor spore count and type)
  • a statement as to the indoor air quality acceptability.

The samples and their corresponding test results, when compared against the Exterior Baseline sample results would identify if an elevated mold spore count exists within the indoor environment. This does not include an evaluation as to the causes.

Indoor Environmental Air Quality Survey (IEAQS) with an Allergen Screen:

This is a limited indoor environmental survey where samples, air and surface, are taken within the Indoor Living Environment. Non Living Environments would be Attics, Crawl Spaces, Unfinished Basements, Garages, Utility Rooms, etc.

The IEAQS with Allergen Screen provides:

The samples and their corresponding test results, when compared against the Exterior Baseline sample results would identify if an elevated mold spore count exists within the indoor environment. This does not include an evaluation as to the causes.

Indoor Environmental Air Quality Survey (IEAQS) with Allergen Screen
and Forensic Evaluation:

The IAQES with Allergen Screen and Forensic Evaluation provides:

The air samples and their corresponding test results, when compared against the Exterior Baseline sample results, would identify if an elevated mold spore count exists within the indoor environment. The Allergen Screen would be compared against a table that would indicate if the allergen level is high or low, respectively unacceptable and acceptable.

Sampling Requirements

Samples are taken based on the square footage of the property in accordance with IAQA and IICRC Standards. Three (3) samples would satisfy the square footage requirements on a property between 1,200 and 1,500sf, depending on the configuration. Additional samples are required for each additional 500 to 700sf based on the configuration.

Any Survey selected shall require the taking of sufficient environment data to provide an environmental evaluation of the property and to provide Mold Remedies with the information necessary to generate a report in accordance with the scope of the survey selected. It is understood that any air samples taken shall be compared against the exterior air for a basis of comparison, as a currently accepted industry standard.

Sample Analytical Evaluation

Air Sampling Interpretation

    • Assessment of indoor and outdoor air quality specifically associated with microbial environments are complex, dynamic, and transient as sampling results change over time. Air sampling data only represents a specific moment in time. As there are no current state or federal guidelines or regulations to indicate "safe" or "normal" spore levels; an effective industry wide and internationally accepted interpretation is based on the comparison of indoor and outdoor samples. The types and relative percentages of fungi need to be similar with no appreciable presence of mold spore types not normally associated with an indoor environment.  This desirable environmental result suggests that the exposure to airborne mold within the interior areas sampled is the same as that on the outside of the building. These are industry guidelines only.

Surface Lift Sampling Interpretation

    • The purpose for collecting tape lift samples is to confirm the presence of mold growth and to identify the genera of visible growth on a surface. Analysis is conducted at the laboratory by direct microscopic examination.

 

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