IAC2: International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants

IAQ: Indoor air quality

ICC: International Code Council

Identify: To notice and report.

Immediate Cost: Estimated cost of remedying an existing safety hazard, or repairing a system or component that will likely fail within a year.

Imminent Danger: A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening injury or death.

Inactive Meeting Stile: The vertical edge of a double door where one leaf is inactive and typically latched to the active leaf.

Indicator Compounds: Chemical compounds, such as carbon dioxide, whose presence at certain concentrations may be used to estimate certain building conditions (e.g., airflow, presence of sources).

Individual Rung Ladders: A type of fixed ladder that has rungs individually attached to a building or structure.

Infestation: The presence of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.

Infill: Area of the railing system bounded by the railing posts, cap, rail and the deck.

Infiltration: The uncontrolled inward air leakage into a building.

Inspect: To examine readily accessible systems and components safely, using normal operating controls, and accessing readily accessible areas, in accordance with these Standards of Practice.

Inspected Property: The readily accessible areas of the buildings, site, items, components and systems included in the inspection.

Inspection: The process of an inspector collecting information through visual observation during a walk-through survey of the subject property, conducting research about the property, and then generating a meaningful report about the condition of the property based on the observations made and research conducted by the inspector.  A commercial inspection requires the inspector to make observations, conduct research, and report findings.

Inspector: One who performs the commercial property inspection.

Installed: Attached or connected such that the installed item requires a tool for removal.

InterNACHI: International Association of Certified Home Inspectors

Internal Drainage: A drainage system on a low-slope roof where water flows from the high points, usually the edge areas, to a built-in drainage system that leads down through the interior of the building.

Interview: To discuss with those who have knowledge about the subject property.

Intrusive: Destructive.

Inventory: Documentation of permanently installed systems and components noted by the inspector during the walk-through survey of the inspection. An inventory may or may not include their condition, but, at minimum, notes their presence (such as type, manufacturer, or model, where applicable).

IPM: Integrated pest management

IR: infrared