Announcement - December 11, 2009
This is an announcement for a new effort to develop an ANSI/AARST model code for Active Radon Resistant New Construction (Active RRNC) in high radon areas. This new model code is intended to support code change proposals under consideration in the International Residential Code (IRC). Modifying the building code to require an Active Soil Depressurization (ASD) system in all new homes in high radon areas in the United States will further the joint goals of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) and the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) to double the radon mitigation rate in the United States over the next five years.
Doubling the current mitigation rate for radon in the US represents the turning point to stem the tide and actually begin reducing the number of homes in the country’s housing stock with elevated radon. Currently more new homes are constructed each year with elevated radon problems then are remediated. This means that there are more homes in the US with elevated radon today than there were 20 years ago. We need your support and participation to reverse this trend and start to bring real radon risk reduction to the general population of the United States.
Further details are provided in the attached pdf file. If you are interested in commenting or participating in the standard development please contact:
Dave Kapturowski
RadonAway
978-521-3703
dave@spruce.com
United States