AmIAQ, IAQA and IESO Announce Unification
and Consolidation Plan
The three
leading trade organizations serving professionals in the indoor
environmental quality industry have announced plans for the
consolidation and unification of their programs and activities. The
move is a milestone for the industry because it will result in the
creation of a powerful, membership organization with more than 5,500
constituents, an independent certification board for IAQ
professionals and tradespersons, and a separate standard-setting
organization to create long-needed standards for indoor environments.
A proposal
jointly written by the presidents and executive directors of AmIAQ,
IAQA and IESO to realign the specialized programs and activities of
the three organizations received unanimous approval by their
respective boards of directors. The American Indoor Air Quality
Council (AmIAQ), Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA), and Indoor
Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) are non-profit,
501(c)(6) corporations offering membership, certification and a
variety of related benefits to people working in the IAQ market.
AmIAQ, IAQA,
and IESO have approximately 2,800, 2,400 and 1,000 members
respectively. Recognizing that significant duplication in programs
and activities existed, the leaders of the three organizations began
meeting late last year to discuss cooperative ventures. "Those
meetings led us quickly to the conclusion that we needed to do more
than just cooperate, we need to consolidate programs to more
effectively serve our industry," said IAQA's president, Robert
Baker. It has been agreed that the three organizations will retain
their unique identities but redefine and specialize their scope of
activities. AmIAQ will serve as the industry's certification body;
IAQA will be a membership association; and, IESO will be a
standard-setting body
Source:
IAQA's Web site at
http://www.iaqa.org/pressrelease_v4.pdf.
