This section of the Building Air Quality Guide describes a method for discovering the cause of the complaint and presents a toolbox of diagnostic activities to assist you in collecting information.
The topics include:
- Overview: Conducting an IAQ Investigation
- Initial Walkthrough
- Collecting Additional Information
- Collecting Information About Occupant Complaints
- Using the Occupant Data
- Collecting Information about the HVAC System
- Using the HVAC System Data
- Collecting Information about Pollutant Pathways and Driving Forces
- Using Pollutant Pathway Data
- Collecting Information on Pollutant Sources
- Using Pollutant Source Data
- Sampling Air for Contaminants and Indicators
- Complaints Due to Conditions Other Than Poor Air Quality
- Forming and Testing Hypotheses
- Section 6: Diagnosing IAQ Problems (PDF)(35 pp, 442 K)