The most interesting presentation I attended there was the introduction of a new group of associations and manufacturers devoted to communicating mold and moisture awareness. The Responsible Solutions to Mold Coalition targets the construction community, as well as homeowners, on the truths and fallacies of mold. Given the wealth of information on the fungi-my last Google search produced 23,100,000 results-the coalition's mission is to provide a user-friendly resource on mold and moisture control.
"While five years ago there was a dearth of information on moisture and mold control, just the opposite is true today," says Frank Nunes, member of the RSMC and secretary for the International Institute for Lath and Plaster. "If anything, the industry suffers from too much information that needs to be evaluated and put into a format that is more useful to both the construction industry and homeowners."