Pre-conference Seminar
March 20, 2012
Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, Maine

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The 2012 Pre-Conference Seminar:

"You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure:  Diagnosing and Fixing IAQ Problems in Buildings"

Featuring a dynamic duo of nationally-recognized IAQ Presenters! 

This full day program presents key lessons learned from 40+ combined years of experience from two of the best IAQ practitioners this country has to offer:  David Bearg and Bud Offerman. 

David & Bud's presentations are designed to help you better understand some of the most critical elements in the creation of a healthy indoor environment:  ventilation, investigations, diagnostics, and operations.  All discussions during the day will emphasize a common theme:  you can't create a healthy environment if you don't understand it.  

Who should attend:  Anyone interested in the design, construction, operation & maintenance of healthy indoor environments should attend this program, including architects, contractors, engineers, industrial hygienists, building inspectors, facility managers, among others.  Regardless of the role that you play in the process to create a healthy indoor environment, you will find this program of incredible value. (And also incredibly entertaining!)

Program Highlights:

David Bearg on: Ventilation in Commercial Buildings

Bud Offerman on: Diagnosing IAQ Problems in Buildings 

David Bearg on:  Using Tracer Gasses to Diagnose Building Problems

Bud Offerman on: Operating and Maintaining Healthy Buildings
 

Program Schedule:
 

Registration Opens:        8:00 a.m.

Program:                            8:30 a.m.

Adjourn:                              4:30 p.m.

(Lunch is included in the registration fee)

To Register:

Use the Printable Conference Registration Form

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Scholarships Available Upon Request

About the Presenters:

David Bearg, P.E. 

David Bearg holds a B.S. from Northeastern University in Chemical Engineering, and an M.S. from the Harvard School of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences.  He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts and a Certified Industrial Hygienist.  

Mr. Bearg’s professional focus involves the achievement of healthy and productive indoor environments, typically achieved in conjunction with energy conservation.  As part of his work he has authored the text, "Indoor Air Quality and HVAC Systems", as well as contributed to several other texts and has had papers published in technical journals and has made presentations at numerous conferences. 

His avocation involves cultivating a self-sufficient lifestyle that includes extending the growing season with the use of a heat-storing greenhouse with automatic grey-water irrigation and the construction of moveable interior window insulation panels to reduce unnecessary heat loss in his home.  More about these efforts can be viewed at www.sagefarm.net.

Francis "Bud" Offerman

Mr. Offermann has 25 years experience as an IAQ researcher, sick building investigator, mitigation planner, healthy building design consultant, expert witness, technical author, and workshop instructor. He is president of Indoor Environmental Engineering, a San Francisco based IAQ consulting firm.

As president of Indoor Environmental Engineering, Mr. Offermann directs an interdisciplinary team of environmental scientists, chemists, and mechanical engineers in indoor air quality building investigations and healthy building design projects. Under Mr. Offermann's supervision IEE has developed both pro-active and reactive IAQ measurement methods and diagnostic protocols. He has been a recipient of State and Federal research grants regarding building air quality and ventilation field studies (e.g. EPA BASE study of IAQ in office buildings and schools), tracer gas techniques,in situ contaminant emission rate measurements, and the development of indoor air quality measurement instrumentation.

Prior to starting up Indoor Environmental Engineering, Mr. Offermann was a Staff Scientist with the Building Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Program, Energy and Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Mr. Offermann developed and instructs, regularly, IAQ related professional development seminars including “Indoor Air Quality: Tools for Schools,” an EPA one day air quality management workshop for school officials, teachers, and maintenance personnel, and the Building Operator Certification (BOC) ”Indoor Air Quality” Training Workshops, sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council.

He has published extensively and lectured frequently on the subject of IAQ including: “Mold and Moisture Control”, Indoor Air Quality workshop for the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), San Francisco. “Managing Indoor Air Quality in Schools: Staying Out of Trouble”, CASBO, Sacramento.