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 Carl Grimes started his private consulting company, Healthy
Habitats® LLC, in 1987 specifically to address the needs of
individuals who were not being satisfactorily helped by conventional
methods of investigating and mitigating complaints while indoors. He
has since developed tools to generate the information necessary for
individuals to successfully address their indoor exposure
complaints.
Mr. Grimes has an intriguing and, at first glance, contradictory
position within Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) issues. As a consumer he
has personally experienced poor indoor air quality and the
difficulties of the IAQ industry. As a professional in the IAQ
industry he has personally experienced poor indoor air quality and
the difficulties of the consumer. He understands that each side of
the equation has critical needs but with inadequate information.
Twenty two years ago, because of a combination of indoor exposures,
medical issues and general ignorance by most facets of society, Carl
Grimes lost his health, his family, his home and his means of
earning a living. He was unable to work for two years. Another eight
years slowly passed before he could reliably work more than
part-time. He knows what it means to lose it all. And he knows how
unnecessary it was.
At the same time, this personal tragedy gradually transformed into a
blessing. One of the doctors he was working with asked him for a
favor. He asked if Carl would meet with some of his patients who
were experiencing similar struggles. That was the beginning of his
private consulting business, Healthy Habitats® LLC, eighteen years
ago.
The start of his business was very slow due to his borderline health
and the low level of public awareness. It also took about ten years
to recover sufficiently to work full time. However, in the past
eight years Carl Grimes has published the book
Starting Points for a Healthy Habitat (ISBN 0-9671525-0-X), and
written columns for several publications including
IE Connections (appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board in 2004)
He has also served on numerous committees developing national
standards affecting the indoor environment and is currently serving
as Vice President of the
Indoor Quality Association (IAQA)
His mission is to improve the recognition and representation of the
individual needs of the public by standards, organizations and the
professionals. In just the past two years, this is beginning to
occur as an increasing number of contractors and consultants are
becoming aware of how the contaminated environments they work in are
negatively affecting their health and well-being.
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