THE PLANNING KIT ..."what it does for you".

EFFICIENCY_IAQ delivers cleaning service solutions in a structured fashion designed to prevent mistakes that lead to cost overruns, unnecessary or duplicate tasks, missing issues of secondary damage or issues that raise the risk of recurrence of the same issue or a problem bigger than the one you started with.

EFFICIENCY_IAQ accomplishes this for you by first laying a foundation for your plan by generating the Planning Kit. This page is designed to introduce you to a few of the references this kit includes when applicable. By illustrating key elements of the project and how they relate the kit helps you understand the attention to detail you need to be successful in planning your project, the scope of other skill sets you will need, justification of the budget, and how to make your case for reimbursement with an insurer if need be.

The Planning Kit is a collection of references, most of which EFFICIENCY_IAQ prepares for our customers gratis, designed to be the foundation of a three-factor efficiency assessment. The efficiencies we speak of and hope to achieve are dependent on the property's shell, HVAC and plumbing systems integrity (balance). We look for imbalances in terms of air volume and finishes relative to moisture levels as this has a direct correlation to contaminate levels.

The symbol in our logo we call “The Three-Factor-Orbit” represents these three factors, moisture-air-contaminates, and the efficiency or balance we work to help our customers achieve. This balance is achieved, guidance provided, in such a way it can be maintained and future recurrence of unhealthy conditions can be avoided effortlessly.

The result, A Healthy Environment Through Efficiency Where You Live or Work…

Below we have provided just a few versions of the Planning Kit assets we may provide for a given project. Along with them we try to provide written perspective on how they work for you to reduce risk and make you successful. The ideas shared here are very valuable and can make or break the success of a consumer faced with these challenges.

Next, let’s look at what’s in a Planning Kit…

THE FLOOR PLAN

EFFICIENCY_IAQ first generates the floor plan. Everything else (e.g., Logs, Line-Item Costs, planning decisions, estimates from other trade companies if you need them, your insurance claims package & more) comes from this foundational step. Many versions of the floor plan are developed to facilitate the planning, the project tasks' organization & execution, and any insurance related goals you may have. See a few below.

Keep in mind that if the challenge is a moisture loss due to an Air Conditioning related failure or efficiency problem a floor plan may not be needed. If the issues with the HVAC system have to do with balance or design, EFFICIENCY_IAQ would use the floor plan to drive an Efficiency Audit; determine how the existing system is contributing to a failure to maintain proper moisture levels in the environment.

Wet Plot

For insurance claims and for general planning the mitigation team serves as those professionals that identify (and for the insurer justifies) the path of travel of a moisture loss. This allows the property owner to “prove” the scope of work done followed the COVERAGES in their policy; that the tasks proposed for the mitigation plan are justified.

EFFICIENCY_IAQ relies on a staff with over fifteen years (since 2009, collectively, 39 years) of experience, its staff’s IICRC credentials, and our state contaminate (MRC, MRW, RCO) licenses to interpret path of travel and develop a mitigation plan for the customer that remains sensitive to the health goals and challenges they have.

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Mitigation Floor Plan

Once the path of travel is established EFFICIENCY_IAQ’S mitigation team can look at the walls, finishes and fixtures impacted and begin to develop a plan to mitigate the impact area. The Mitigation Floor Plan EFFICIENCY_IAQ generates reflects an incremental approach to any proper mitigation discovery steps.

In this example, the loss the property owner initially called about in the KITCHEN was from a water loss, which had then encountered a second water loss mitigation due to a bad plumbing install in the restoration for that initial loss, and THEN a failed second mitigation attempt. The second loss in the KITCHEN area was mostly hidden and went undiscovered until water was flowing from a cavity under the floor inside and was evident on the foundation seam on the exterior.

The second failed mitigation was the result of sub-standard work on the part of both the mitigation team and the general contractor who’s plumbing work led to this second loss. This second loss and the failure to properly mitigate led to a T2 toxin threat which resulted in very dire health consequences for this family.

During EFFICIENCY_IAQ’s Planning Kit development this chain of events was substantiated; two other healthy home impact elements were identified. One element with the HVAC and another due to leaks from the HBATH/MBATH areas to the FAMILY room.

The three moisture loss sources required multiple claims (HOMEOWNER & multiple SUBROGATIONS) and although some were covered by the homeowner’s insurance policy, due to the serious health impact and sub-standard nature of the trade work, a legal remedy had to be pursued a well.

With our Planning Kit discovery EFFICIENCY_IAQ mentors the customer on proper chain of evidence collection to prepare the customer. This preparation is to facilitate claims packages, to help them make early determinations for possible options to reimbursement which can include; simple insurance claims, enlisting a Public Adjuster, and/or legal assistance. Our goal is to help them locate professional help, to make that reimbursement plan become a reality quickly, and be a plan they can afford.

The benefits of having the Mitigation Floor Plan in the Planning Kit are numerous. For the customer we can package this and help the property owner solicit planning estimates and perform General contractor, AC trade and other selections/decisions quickly and more precisely.

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Evaluation Zones Diagram

EFFICIENCY_IAQ always encourages customers to take pause; think hard before electing to characterize their loss as a contaminate (mold) loss. It is important to realize most insurance policies do not cover contaminate losses but do cover water losses. Additionally, if the contaminate loss is less severe, it is possible to follow IICRC standards and get both a water loss mitigation and a result which has been evaluated as a healthy IAQ (Internal Air Quality) result.

NOTE: Property owners should also know that declaring their property a mold house hurts them at the sales table later (tens of $K’s). Please consider letting EFFICIENCY_IAQ mentor you on how to navigate these tricky decisions before it costs you.

The Evaluation Zone Diagram provides isolation testing guidance to the state licensed testing role (evaluation=testing).

LOGS, HOW WE TRACK AND MANAGE BUDGET

EFFICIENCY_IAQ tracks everything we do as part of our project protocol. Every member of the EFFICIENCY_IAQ team understands just how important it is to manage the budget like it was their money. Planning estimates have these logs mocked-up in team review and versions are kept current reflecting the actual numbers throughout the project.

There are several logs tracking where, when, and how everything is applied to the solution on each and every day of your project. These logs include, but are not limited to tracking:

A few samples are provide here in illustration….