Indoor Environmental Health & Technologies Conference
In its eighth year, the Indoor Environmental Health & Technologies Conference – considered the nation’s premier multi-discipline environmental event – brings together a cross-section of public officials, facility managers and operators, community advocates, contractors and consultants.

The Sessions on Eliminating Childhood Lead Poisoning and Conducting Healthy Housing Programs Cover the Following Issues

  • Undertaking housing-based, primary prevention programs
  • Incorporating Healthy Homes programs with weatherization programs and green housing rehab programs
  • Expanding from lead poisoning prevention to Healthy Homes at the local and state levels
  • How the EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule will be enforced at the federal, local or state level, and how the Rule is being strengthened through state regulations
  • Examining the barriers to eliminating childhood lead poisoning
  • Integrating healthy housing strategies within city and state government agencies, including community development and code enforcement agencies
  • Evaluating new federal policy opportunities for advancing lead hazard control and healthy homes programs
  • Increasing the effectiveness of education and outreach programs aimed at hard-to-reach, at-risk populations
  • Advancing program objectives through local regulatory and enforcement strategies
  • Involving parents in policy development and program advocacy
  • Comparing greening principles vs. healthy housing practices: compatible or conflicting
  • Sustaining programs through collaboration and non-government funding
  • How to enact and enforce housing-focused codes to support Healthy Homes objectives
  • Technical workshop on healthy housing inspection and risk assessment practices
  • Opportunities and liabilities for facility owners and operators with healthy housing programs
  • Update on federal regulations and guidelines for mold identification, sampling and remediation
  • New products entering the healthy housing/healthy buildings marketplace
  • How to conduct a Healthy Homes assessment and implement remediation protocols, including integrated pest management, bed bug eradication, moisture elimination