Apply for EPA’s Indoor Air Quality Awards

August 27, 2008 - Want your school or school district to be honored for their commitment to improve children’s health by promoting good indoor air quality (IAQ)?  Apply for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) IAQ TfS Awards. 

The EPA has two competitive awards for which schools or school districts can apply:  

• The IAQ TfS National Excellence Award, which is one of EPA’s highest IAQ awards and is presented to schools and school districts that have shown exceptional commitment to IAQ management in schools; and
• The IAQ TfS National Model of Sustained Excellence Award, which is presented to schools and school districts that show ongoing exceptional commitment and achievement in maintaining healthy educational facilities while institutionalizing comprehensive IAQ management practices.  Recipients of this award must have been a past IAQ TfS National Excellence Award recipient. 

The deadline to apply for both of those awards is Friday, September 12, 2008.  The winners will be honored during EPA’s annual IAQ for Schools National Symposium being held on December 4-6, 2008.  Award winners are featured at an awards reception where Symposium participants learn firsthand how the award-winning schools are implementing effective IAQ management programs. 

The EPA has presented National Excellence awards to approximately 80 schools and school districts in recognition of their dedication to improving IAQ.  EPA’s IAQ Awards webpage includes brief descriptions of IAQ programs implemented by award recipients from the years 2000 to 2007. 

The EPA also has two non-competitive awards designed to recognize schools and districts that are on their way to achieving sustainable IAQ management plans: the Great Start and National Leadership awards.  Applications for non-competitive awards are accepted year-round. 

For additional information, please visit EPA’s IAQ Awards Program webpage or contact the IAQ TfS Awards Coordinator at (703) 247-6000 or awardscoordinator@cadmusgroup.com.

Source: EPA's IAQ Awards webpage.