Indoor Environment Connections Goes Online

Top IAQ Industry Newspaper Launches Digital, Interactive Edition

• Press Release
• Source: Indoor Environment Communications
• On 10:44 am EST, Friday January 9, 2009

ROCKVILLE, MD--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 9, 2009 -- Indoor Environment Connections, the nation's leading newspaper covering issues related to indoor air quality, has introduced a new digital edition that will make the entire publication accessible online at no charge.

"We're very proud to have produced the top publication covering all aspects of indoor environmental quality for the last ten years," said Glenn Fellman, publisher of IE Connections. "Now our readers will be able to get the latest news and analysis more quickly and easily than ever."

The January 2009 issue of IE Connections is the first one to go fully digital. While IE Connections will continue to print and mail copies of the newspaper to readers, interactive PDF files of each edition will also be found at www.ieconnections.com.

Readers may use the indexing system to search for articles, key words and authors. Advertising will include direct hyperlinks to the vendor's website.

"Our mission for IE Connections has always been to serve as a forum where individuals, companies and organizations representing various disciplines can unite to share expertise to solve indoor environmental problems," Fellman said. "The new digital edition will make IE Connections a more timely and interactive forum for solving those problems."

Indoor Environment Connections covers all issues related to the improvement of the indoor environment, including mold prevention and remediation, IAQ investigation, radon, smoking, the "green building" movement, energy efficiency, HVAC systems and much more. Regular contributors to the newspaper, which began publication in 1999, include the industry's leading scientists, researchers, policy makers and practitioners.

IE Connections also offers full coverage of the latest developments at EPA, HUD, DOE and other federal agencies that regulate indoor air quality and buildings, as well as within non-profit organizations like ASHRAE, IAQA and USGBC. News headlines in the January 2009 edition of IE Connections include:

 
--  Imported Drywall May Be Damaging Indoor Environments
--  Anti-Fungal Drug Offers Benefits to Asthma Patients
--  Debate Over Smoking Bans Resumes in Many States
--  EPA Aims to Increase Reuse of Building Materials
--  ASHRAE Gives Obama Detailed Policy "Road Map"
--  California Warns Consumers About Ozone-Generating Air Cleaners
--  EPA Honors School Districts for Efforts to Improve Indoor Air

Technical articles featured in January's IE Connections focus on the application of ASHRAE standards to indoor environments and include:

 
--  ASHRAE Standards, Radon and Ventilation Methods, by Douglas Kladder,
    Director, Center for Environmental Research & Training
--  Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, by Jim Akey, Technical
    Consultant, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
--  HVAC Maintenance and Antimicrobials, by Robert G. Baker, Chairman &
    CEO, RGB Group
--  Air Filter Testing: MERV is not a Game Show Host, by Jim Rosenthal,
    Chairman & CEO, Tex-Air Filters

To read these articles and more, visit www.ieconnections.com.

IE Connections is published by Indoor Environment Communications, located in Rockville, Maryland. The company also provides management and consulting services to non-profit trade associations and professional societies.

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