"Course is very valuable. Will be recommending to peers and superiors." Gerald Ryan, CFHA What participants have said about Troubleshooting IAQ and Housing Durability (formerly called "Investigation IAQ and Housing Durability Concerns") "The parts of the Troubleshooting IAQ and Housing Durability course that are of most value to me are..." Winnipeg, MB October 2007 �IAQ.� Ed Penner, Rural Mun. of Morris �Meeting and interviewing the occupant of the property.� Gerry Gray, Rural Mun. of Springfield �Course is relevant in all facets in relation to my house inspection job with CFHA.� Marc Labossi�re, CFHA �Inspecting checklists.� Doug Brentnell, CFHA �Inspection lists, valuable information, very well organized and informative.� Neil Gibbons, CFHA �Dealing with occupant info on ther �perceived� problems. Matter of fact method to evaluate �survey�.� Brad Derksen, CFHA �All of it.� Brent Hay �All the �new� stuff I learned from Bill about mold and air movement and air temperature and moisture level in the air.� Greg Graham, Oakwood Roofing �Troubleshooting.� Ray Parsons, East St. Paul Planning Department Richmond, BC October 2007 �Indoor/outside moisture.� Mike Walsh, Walsh Restoration �All.� Sandra Rehaume, OnSide Restoration �All.� Inder, Columbus Residence �Report forms, practical knowledge.� Stephen Tresidder, Know Your Home Inspection Services �Crawlspace issues and input from other participants.� Dennis Rattigan, CFHA �Participating with processing the hand outs and case studies.� Bryine James Jr., Pauquachin First Nation �Liked the last half when we had an example of a site visit and filled out the forms for recommendations.� Meaghen Allen, Northern Lights Health Region Edmonton, AB March 2007 �Equipment requirements/assessments and solutions.� John Lapointe, HomeProbe AB Ltd. �All of it.� Daryle Weber, Parkland C.L.A.S.S �Systematic approach and check list.� Glen Exley �In general, all parts I found relevant in preventative design and for future customer awareness.� Chris Houlind, Vintage Fine Homes �All.� Braam Hart, Hart Home Inspections �The whole course.� Jeff Lund, Kensington Master Builders �Access to the survey.� Stephen Andrews, CAHPI �RH indoor/outdoor (psy. Calc.), questionnaire/survey and checklist.� Anonymous �The importance of ventilation in a home.� Anonymous Mississauga, ON February 2007 �Data collection process. Would have liked more time with this section.� Tony Hairsine �Understanding how air quality impacts housing durability as well as health.� Allen Fox, AmeriSpec Montreal �Technical info.� Bryan Rodgers, AmeriSpec London Sioux Lookout, ON February 2007 �Learning about relative humidty and how it affects IAQ.� Anonymous �The walk-through in inspection/investigating an IAQ concern is helpful in building skills.� Anonymous �All very informative.� Anonymous �Finding the causes and knowing how to prioritize the problems.� Anonymous �The linked survey forms.� Anonymous �Hands on psychrometric calculator, case study surveys, binder etc.� Anonymous �Perfect for my job.� Anonymous �Indoor air quality in homes for personal use.� Anonymous �Methodical approach � takes mystery out of it.� Don Wile, Health Canada �All.� Glen Wetelainen, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority Guelph, ON November 2006 �All.� Kelly Henhawk, Urban Native Homes Inc. �The survey form.� Lawrence Brazolot, Victory Oak Homes �All of it.� Jeff Bousfield, Guelph Campus Co-operative �A full walkthrough of the house from top to bottom. Also psychrometric calculator.� Anonymous �Very practical � survey can be used in our housing operations.� Anonymous St. Catharines, ON October 2006 �Checklists and survey forms, tools (psychrometric calculator).� David Lupish, Mountainview Custom Homes Inc. �I found the entire course very informative.� Domenic Minervini, city building official �All.� Steve Sipos, Pillar to Post �How to set up checklist and to relay the information to the consumer.� Bret Masur �Checklist.� Frank Rinaldi, Rinaldi Homes �ID the problems. Overall great suggestions, very informative.� Markham, ON April, 2006 "Checklists and format." Derek Laronde, Ontario First Nations Technical Services Committee (OFNTSC) "Great tool to allow us to use forms." Graeme Flett, GB Environmental "Logical approach used. Will help with efficient survey." Michael Young, Young Environmental Services "The protocol developed for dealing with IAQ problems." Andrew LaRoche, AmeriSpec "Ventilation." Tony Demmans Ottawa, ON April, 2006 "How to conduct an indoor air quality survey effectively and efficiently." Cecil Flynn, Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA) Trenton "Checklist and prioritize issues." Ed Willet, CFHA "Survey sheets." Ian Murdoch, CFHA "Knowing the questions to ask and things to look for. Handouts are great. I feel like I could go and already do a pretty effective investigation." Zack Boles, DAC International Calgary, AB April, 2006 "None really superseded the other. All were intertwined. Course was very valuable." Gerald Ryan, CFHA "The forms and CD." Craig Ferchuk, CFHA "The information." Lloyd Duguay "Hands on-practical approach-tips/surveys � suggestion forms." Anonymous Nanaimo, BC March, 2006 "Systematic approach to assessing IAQ � how to provide assistance in doing assessment. Real life scenarios � pictures very useful." Mike Pichichero, Health Canada, FNIHB "All of it." Rob Parr, Inspect International "Psychrometric chart. Checklists." Matthew Salkeld, EnergyWise "Everything was of value." Steve Burke, NACHI "Other sources of IAQ concerns from mould." Anonymous Vancouver, BC February, 2006 "Mold and venting." Calvin Draney, Skeetchestn Indian Band "All aspects." Greg Tromans, Assured Home Inspections Ltd. "Simplifying IAQ inspection." John Schiffer, CAHPI-BC, Quality Home Inspections "Learning a systematic approach." Brian Sanjenko, Interior Home Inspections "Evaluation methods, suggestion lists.� Gayle Andrews, Mount Currie Band "All of them.� Greg McNeil "HVAC and related systems.� Jan van Huigenbos, Homescan Inspection Service Additional comments Winnipeg, MB October 2007 �Great resource skills.� Doug Brentnell, CFHA �Very well delivered. Stays on topic or gets back on topic with class. �Very painless�. Brad Derksen, CFHA �Great course info.� Brent Hay �Thanks Bill it was great to meet you and �glean� so much practical and technical info from you.� Greg Graham, Oakwood Roofing Richmond, BC October 2007 �Excellent coverage of relative topics and I really appreciated the discussion topics related to relative humidity and temperature.� Sandra Rehaume, Onside Restoration �Learn new tech.� Inder, Columbus Residence �The report forms are well laid out and easy to use. Some very useful information.� Stephen Tresidder, Know Your Home Inspection Services �Beautiful, excellent information.� Beni Bennett, Northwood Home Inspections �Good course. Great refresher from previous courses.� Dennis Rattigan, CFHA �You are very good at what IAQ is about. Thanks again Bill.� Bryine James Jr., Pauquachin First Nation �Course was very interactive and the info learned can be applied to my occupation/field. A definite �tool� in my IAQ investigation.� Meaghen Allen, Northern Lights Health Region Edmonton, AB March 2007 �I truly enjoyed today. Valuable information presented in a very pleasant and knowledgeable manner. We need more courses like this as this is the first one I�ve seen in the area. Thanks.� Daryle Weber, Parkland C.L.A.S.S �Well organized.� Glenn Exley �Very useful information for personal awareness and future clients.� Braam Hart, Hart Home Inspections �Excellent instructor, easy to stay interested.� Anonymous Mississauga, ON February 2007 �Good add-on to current Energuide/Eco Energy testing and our air quality sampling.� Bryan Rodgers, AmeriSpec London Sioux Lookout, ON February 2007 �Showing the testing instruments was very helpful in understanding the sampling procedures.� Anonymous �Found that even if I don�t use it in the workplace, can definitely use it in my person life.� Anonymous �Instructor was able to answer all questions and was very knowledgable on questions asked.� Anonymous �Good equipment demonstration and survey practical run-through examples.� Anonymous �Would like overheads with answers too (ie. fill in the blanks) so you don�t have to write it in.� Anonymous �Very good. The day went by fast, that is a good sign in any workshop/training. It wasn�t boring.� Glen Wetelainen, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority Guelph, ON November 2006 �Very interesting.� Kelly Henhawk, Urban Native Homes Inc. St. Catharines, ON October 2006 �A worthwhile, informative and practical course for home builders, home owners and building inspectors.� Mountainview Custom Homes Inc. �I like the samples of equipment that were brought into the course � meters, Resp. Equip.� Domenic Minervini, city building official �A lot of information, very useful, in a short time.� Steve Sipos, Pillar to Post �I liked all of the tools shown and advice given; much of the explanations were very useful.� Markham, ON April, 2006 "Great practical procedures to use in field. Good if could give some feed back on sales problems and success. Implementation." Graeme Flett, GB Environmental "Very practical approach." Michael Young, Young Environmental Services "This was an extremely useful course taught by a very knowledgeable instructor." Andrew LaRoche, AmeriSpec Ottawa, ON April, 2006 "All in all a great and informative course." Ed Willet, CFHA "Another good presentation. Technologies and visual aids are current/up to date." Ian Murdoch, CFHA Calgary, ON April, 2006 "Course is very valuable. Will be recommending to peers and superiors." Gerald Ryan, CFHA "Everybody should have and know this information to have a better lifestyle." Lloyd Duguay Nanaimo, BC March, 2006 "Bill Boles did a great job!!!" Rob Parr, Inspect International "Well organized! Well paced presentation." Matthew Salkeld, EnergyWise "Recommend to others." Steve Burke, NACHI Vancouver, BC February, 2006 "Great day! Thank you." Garry Lowney, Home Comfort Inspections/EnerGuide for Houses "Well done, good, valuable information!" Brian Sanjenko, Interior Home Inspections "It�s all starting to link, puzzles coming together." Gayle Andrews, Mount Currie Band "Well informative." Greg McNeil, Seabird Island Band �I was somewhat apprehensive at first, but I can recommend this course to any home inspector. Thanks a lot." Jan van Huigenbos, Homescan Inspection Service © IAQ Resources Canada