Strategic Planning Session: refining our beliefs

Strategic Planning Session: refining our beliefs

The EAIS Board of Directors met for a strategic planning session on April 7. In addition to strategizing to engage more schools in the countdown to the July 2027 deadline for testing school facilities for radon, the Board refined our organizational beliefs....
Join Our Team–Marketing intern

Join Our Team–Marketing intern

Marketing Intern Wanted! Energy Association of Iowa Schools (EAIS) is looking for a dedicated, fun, and hardworking person to assist with the development, creation, and implementation of EAIS public relations and communications, including the organization’s...
Acceptable Level of Radon

Acceptable Level of Radon

This is Part 5 of a 5-part educational series for #NationalRadonActionMonth. There is no “acceptable level” of radon. However, the EPA has established 4 picocuries per liter of air (pCi/L) as the United States “Action Level” at which a plan should be made to correct...
Keeping Radon out of Buildings

Keeping Radon out of Buildings

This is Part 4 of a 5-part educational series for #NationalRadonActionMonth. The best kind of radon is the radon that never enters a building. Radon-resistant construction techniques are required by Iowa law for new school construction and should be discussed with...
How Radon Gets Indoors

How Radon Gets Indoors

This is Part 3 of a 5-part educational series for #NationalRadonActionMonth. No matter how old or new, every building has the potential for elevated levels of radon. Radon gas moves upward through cracks and other openings in the foundations of buildings from the soil...