Indoor Air Quality Peer Learning Dinners with Little Earth Residents

A dozen Little Earth families participated in monthly dinners and all received HEPA 13 Indoor Air Filters and many also received an indoor air monitor. We had guest speakers from the MN Department of Health, U of MN, City of Minneapolis each week. Facilitated by Gladys Mejia, RCC and Donovan Begay, Little Earth Residents Association

  • Basics the Air Quality Index (AQI) and Air Quality Monitoring:
  • Health Impacts of Air Pollution
  • Healthy Homes: Weatherization and Energy Efficiency:
  • Tree Canopy & Environmental Benefits
  • Next Steps to Empower Others as Indoor Air Quality Mentors

Little Earth Campus Rennovation

Good news! Little Earth recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary and will undergo major renovation in 2026 and 2027 Rehab of Little Earth’s – 220 Town Homes plus and multi unit apartment building with Little Earth Residents Association, the Lasalle Group their construction contractors and Sustainable Resources Center

Native Sun will be working to incorporate solar into the project.

As town home are being rehabbed residents will be invited to have 1 on 1 visits with RCC to receive an indoor air filter and understand the health of their indoor air and practical steps to improve it.

 

RCC Is Launching Monthly Indoor Air Quality Peer Learning Cohort Calls

 

As we work to clean up the outdoor air in our neighborhoods and cities we can also support households to take actions to improve their indoor air quality which can have a big impact on reducing asthma and other respiratory related illnesses.

ROCIS (Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces) a Community Based Initiative in Pittsburg, PA to improving indoor air quality and health outcomes through home air sealing and by distributing low cost-effective home air filters https://rocis.org/

30 MN Radio Interview http://outsideinradio.org/shows/in-pittsburgh

EPA Interactive Tour of the Indoor Air Quality Demo House
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/interactive-tour-indoor-air-quality-demo-house

How to build a Box Fan Filter

The Corsi–Rosenthal Box, (Box Ban Filter) is a design for a do-it-yourself air purifier that can be built comparatively inexpensively. It was designed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of reducing the levels of airborne viral particles in indoor settings. The filtration units can be assembled in around fifteen minutes, last for months, and cost between $50 and $150 in materials

  • Clean Air Crew How to build DIY box fan filters Corsi Rosenthal box https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/ Also known as a Corsi-Rosenthal box, this DIY method of building your own air filter with MERV13 furnace filters and a box fan are an easy and cost-effective way to help clear indoor air from airborne virus particles, wildfire smoke, pollen, dust, and more!

Building Performance Institute Healthy Housing Principles Certificate

  • At home on-line open book test to get the Certificate
  • Training Weatherization Crews and Contractors on Healthy Homes Principals
  • Local contact person Kevin Brauer kevin@homeperformancestrategies.net

Anyone interested in the connection between human health symptoms and the possible home issues that could be causing them should consider earning the Healthy Housing Principles Certificate. https://www.bpi.org/healthy-housing-principles