| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Patrick McKee |
| Submission Date | April 15, 2013 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Connecticut
OP-3: Indoor Air Quality
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
Reporter |
Richard
Miller Director Ofice of Environmental Policy |
Occupied building space covered by an indoor air quality plan, policy, and/or practices that include regular auditing or monitoring and a mechanism for occupants to register complaints :
Total occupied building space :
A brief description of the institution's indoor air quality plan, policy, and/or practices:
UConn’s faculty, staff and students that have indoor air quality concerns or questions may contact the Department of Environmental Health & Safety to report their concerns or request an investigation. EH&S has safety professionals and industrial hygienists on staff to provide these services. EH&S may also engage environmental consulting firms to conduct third-party assessments or sampling, as needed. EH&S provides guidance to building occupants, reporting findings and proposed strategies to address IAQ concerns and engages UConn’s Architectural Engineering and Building Services to implement remediation or building improvements, as needed. Individuals may access the EH&S website for IAQ information, who to contact, procedures and policies related to IAQ (see below). For outside contractor related activities, UConn has a Contractor EHS Manual that stipulates the control measures required by contractors that work in occupied spaces to minimize detrimental impacts on the health and safety of building occupants.
EH&S Website: www.ehs.uconn.edu
University Health & Safety Policy (references health and safety which encompasses IAQ and part of EH&S’s purview) :
http://web2.uconn.edu/policy/?p=313
EH&S Who to Contact (references IAQ):
http://www.ehs.uconn.edu/about/#occu
IAQ links from EH&S website:
http://www.ehs.uconn.edu/links/
Contractor EHS Manual (IAQ references throughout on pp 10, 15, 16, 25, 28, 31, 32)
http://www.ehs.uconn.edu/ppp/Contractor_EHS_Manual.pdf
STATE MANDATES/POLICIES THAT UCONN ABIDES BY AS A STATE-FUNDED INSTITUTION:
Policy for Use of Environmentally Preferable Cleaning & Sanitizing Products
http://www.aes.uconn.edu/Masterplan/Green%20Bldg%20Regulations/EPP_Policy_010408.pdf
High Performance Building Construction Standards for State-Funded Buildings
http://www.aes.uconn.edu/Masterplan/Green%20Bldg%20Regulations/final_regulation_16a-38k-1_to9.pdf
• Compliance Manual: http://www.aes.uconn.edu/Masterplan/Green%20Bldg%20Regulations/CT%20%20Building%20Standard%20Guidelines%20Compliance%20Manual%20High%20Perfromance%20Buildings%20Final%20August%202009.pdf
The website URL where information about the institution's indoor air quality initiatives is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Per an early 2012 discussion and information from head of Environmental Health and safety Department.
Per an early 2012 discussion and information from head of Environmental Health and safety Department.
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