IAQ Guides
1. A Guide on Indoor Air Quality Certification Scheme for Offices and Public Places

Guide (published in JAN 2019) for premises that are adopting the new IAQ objectives
2. Guides for Management of IAQ
3. Slides for Management of Indoor Moulds
Part I Introduction of Indoor Moulds
Part II Prevention and Control
Part III Compliance Assessment for Indoor Air Quality Certification Scheme for Offices and Public Places
Useful Forms
The application form, certification report and reference materials can be downloaded in Microsoft Word document () or in Adobe Acrobat (
) format.
Certification Steps
The following steps should be taken to participate in the IAQ Certification Scheme:
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Owner/management of premises/building to engage an IAQ Certificate Issuing Body (CIB) approved by Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) (it takes 3-7 months) |
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Approved IAQ Signatory of the CIB to carry out a walkthrough inspection to check if the premises/building have any IAQ problem |
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Owner/management of the premises/building to rectify the IAQ problems, if any, with the assistance/advice from the CIB |
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CIB to conduct IAQ measurement (sampling, etc.) and assessment |
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Approved IAQ Signatory of the CIB to certify the premises/building in compliance with the IAQ Objectives and issue a certificate |
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Owner/management of the premises/building to send hard copies and upload soft copies of the following documents to the IAQ Information Centre:
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IAQ Information Centre to return the certificate to owner/management of the premises/building with a registration number and also provide IAQ labels for display in a prominent location for the public information. |
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Owner/management of the premises/building to manage post-certification IAQ. |
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Owner/management of the premises/building to initiate annual re-certification. |
The flow chart describes in detail the process (note: mould assessment only applies to the New IAQ Objectives)