AES provides a range of asbestos and indoor air quality services. We have highly experienced asbestos building inspectors certified in Pennsylvania. Depending on the nature of the project, AES can perform both asbestos inspections and/or bulk sampling surveys. In addition, AES develops Operation and Maintenance Plans for all materials presumed or known to be asbestos-containing, to ensure the proper care and maintenance of the materials. AES also develops Asbestos Building Demolition Surveys, which are required prior to demolition of affected buildings. AES offers third-party oversight and management for the abatement of all asbestos materials warranting removal.

We work with the abatement contractor, an asbestos supervisor and all regulatory agencies to oversee the entire process and ensure the proper and careful removal of the asbestos, thereby removing your liability. Indoor air quality is the #1 environmental health concern by the U.S. EPA, the U.S. House of Representatives and the World Health Organization. According to studies conducted by Harvard University, the American Cancer Society and the U.S. EPA, indoor air pollution is now considered one of the top causes of adverse health effects - even mortality. There are over 900 indoor air pollutants known to man, many of which can cause serious ill-health effects and degenerative diseases. With the advent of airtight buildings and the increasing use of chemical-based building and insulation products, "sick building syndrome" has become a reality that can cause sickness, even debilitating disease. This can also result in financial burdens to employers in the form of lost work time and increasing medical insurance costs. Chemical releases to both indoor and outdoor environments through spills and industrial and commercial processes can increase concentrations of indoor air pollutants to unsafe levels. Moisture problems in buildings - both new and old, can result in development of mold and toxic airborne mold spores. Today's employment force is often subjected to low quality indoor air caused by emissions from machinery, mass production equipment, even new carpet and other flooring products. All these sources of airborne chemicals and microbes can create unsafe work conditions.

AES has been called upon and has successfully conducted indoor air quality investigations and surveys for suspected and unknown air contaminants. We have determined levels of mold in properties where this common and sometimes dangerous fungus was suspected and, following these investigations we have recommended and implemented appropriate remedial measures. We have also sampled for and located the sources of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and sewer gases and have assisted our clients in the mitigation of these inhalation hazards. In addition, we have been called upon and contracted to identify and mitigate unknown indoor air contaminants.

Our indoor air quality services have been successfully employed in residential, commercial and industrial settings. In many cases these types of investigations are initiated by complaints of respiratory distress from building occupants. Therefore, rapid response, turnaround of analytical data and remedial action are critical to restoring the comfort and health of our clients and/or their tenants. Having conducted indoor air quality investigations and successfully deployed proprietary air purification devices, AES has become a distributor of such devices. The air purification devices that we supply oxidize and ionize hundreds of common pollutants. These devices not only reduce, and in some cases eliminate harmful indoor air pollutants, they duplicate the fresh air experienced after a spring thunder shower, one of nature's means by which outdoor air is recycled and purified.