Doug Hoffman
Doug Hoffman is the founder and Executive Director of the National Organization of Remediators and Microbial Inspectors (www.normi.org), a not-for-profit training and certification organization for IAQ professionals. His passion has been helping people understand how to live healthier lives indoors and empowering them with the ability to have clean air. Get more information from his book, Mold-Free Construction, at www.moldfreeconstruction.com. Doug can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
The Military Housing Opportunity
For years, mold in military housing was treated as a maintenance inconvenience rather than what it is: A building performance failure with health consequences. Professionals...
From Home Inspector to Mold Assessor
For years, home inspectors across the country have heard the same question from clients during inspections: 鈥淲hat about mold?鈥 Until now, many inspectors have had...
A Paradigm Shift in the Industry
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the public has become acutely aware of the relationship between their indoor environment and the health of their family.聽We are at...
Bridging the Gap Between Remediation and Medicine
In 1996, after 25 years in the construction industry, I had a difficult realization: I had spent decades building unhealthy houses. These buildings met all...
Timely Information for Volunteers and Residents During Disasters
NORMIPro鈩 Environmental TASC Force provides important information to volunteers and residents regarding their physical health and safety during the cleanup process following a flood, hurricane,...
Choose Mold Removal Products Carefully
When interviewed on a local New Orleans television station, a well-known expert in our area recently said, 鈥淲hen you have a mold problem, simply wash...
Dodge a $37,500 Bullet: How to Avoid the EPA Fine
Here are three reasons why you, as a restoration contractor, should get your U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lead RRP training. Avoiding a US$37,500 fine...
Protecting the Employee Suffering from Poor IAQ
One of the interesting things we鈥檝e learned through our years of experience in dealing with indoor air quality (IAQ) problems is that everyone reacts differently...
When Companies Go Rogue!
By Doug Hoffman As a certifying agency, the National Organization of Remediators and Microbial Inspectors (NORMI鈩) too often receives calls from clients concerned about a...
Should You Test for Mold?
By Doug Hoffman For many years, the position in the industry has been pretty simple: 鈥淚f you see mold, you don鈥檛 have to test for...