Summary: One of the many new features of the just-published Architectural Graphic Standards 11th edition is its section on sustainable design. With a simple graphic and accompanying chart, Mark Rylander, AIA, and Ronald L. Gobbell, FAIA, point up potential indoor-air pollutant sources, their threats, and control tactics.

Freshly published in March 2007, the 11th edition of the 75-year-old Architectural Graphic Standards has been profoundly revised. Now adhering to the Uniformat organizational structure—based on building systems rather than product specifications—the new edition has a keen focus on emerging building technologies; not the least of which is sustainable design.

In this excerpt from the reference book, Mark Rylander, AIA, William McDonough + Partners, Charlottesville, Va., and Ronald L. Gobbell, FAIA, Gobbell Hays Partners Inc., Nashville, highlight common indoor-air pollutant sources, possible threats, and common methods of control.

Potential sources of poor indoor air quality can be controlled before they individually or collectively become a problem. The table suggests strategies for mitigation of various pollutants.