University of Connecticut
OP-3: Indoor Air Quality

UConn’s faculty, staff and students that have indoor air quality concerns or questions may contact the Department of Environmental Health & Safety to report their concerns or request an investigation. EH&S has safety professionals and industrial hygienists on staff to provide these services. EH&S may also engage environmental consulting firms to conduct third-party assessments or sampling, as needed. EH&S provides guidance to building occupants, reporting findings and proposed strategies to address IAQ concerns and engages UConn’s Architectural Engineering and Building Services to implement remediation or building improvements, as needed. Individuals may access the EH&S website for IAQ information, who to contact, procedures and policies related to IAQ (see below). For outside contractor related activities, UConn has a Contractor EHS Manual that stipulates the control measures required by contractors that work in occupied spaces to minimize detrimental impacts on the health and safety of building occupants. EH&S Website: www.ehs.uconn.edu University Health & Safety Policy (references health and safety which encompasses IAQ and part of EH&S’s purview) : http://web2.uconn.edu/policy/?p=313 EH&S Who to Contact (references IAQ): http://www.ehs.uconn.edu/about/#occu IAQ links from EH&S website: http://www.ehs.uconn.edu/links/ Contractor EHS Manual (IAQ references throughout on pp 10, 15, 16, 25, 28, 31, 32) http://www.ehs.uconn.edu/ppp/Contractor_EHS_Manual.pdf STATE MANDATES/POLICIES THAT UCONN ABIDES BY AS A STATE-FUNDED INSTITUTION: Policy for Use of Environmentally Preferable Cleaning & Sanitizing Products http://www.aes.uconn.edu/Masterplan/Green%20Bldg%20Regulations/EPP_Policy_010408.pdf High Performance Building Construction Standards for State-Funded Buildings http://www.aes.uconn.edu/Masterplan/Green%20Bldg%20Regulations/final_regulation_16a-38k-1_to9.pdf • Compliance Manual: http://www.aes.uconn.edu/Masterplan/Green%20Bldg%20Regulations/CT%20%20Building%20Standard%20Guidelines%20Compliance%20Manual%20High%20Perfromance%20Buildings%20Final%20August%202009.pdf

Per an early 2012 discussion and information from head of Environmental Health and safety Department.