Healthy indoor air quality/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...healthyindoorairquality, learn more about sustainable construction forhealthyand durable homes in the Ecohome Building Guide pages Find more pages about sustainable and resilient green building techniques here : How to service HRV & ERV units at home for optimum efficiency Where to buy and choose saf...

...indoorairquality: Any renovation or building project is exciting, but it can also be exhausting and emotionally taxing. Right at the end when it's time to furnish your new space can be one of the hardest times to stick to your environmental convictions. When you are finally ready to move in, the temptation to zip...

...air. Freshairoften has no scent at all. If scentedairis a must at your house, try essential oil diffusers or make your ownairspray with a 10 - 20 drops of essential oil diffused in a tablespoon of alcohol mixed into a cup of water. Read here about the impacts of natural fragrances on homeairquality. 5.) Open ...

...airfilters used for?Airfilters onairhandling units such as furnaces, HRV and ERV systems are intended to clean and purify theairbefore it enters the ducts of your home, to protectindoorairqualityfrom being contaminated withairborne particulate. Dust, dirt, and pollen in theairof homes is shown to have n...

...healthyand durable flooring materials Choosing green kitchen countertops Wood or metal siding for exterior cladding Fiberglass window frames Wooden baby toys and chairs There are a lot of toxic materials in homes and they have a cumulative effect onindoorairquality. We aren't advocating stripping every...

...indoorairqualityis often up to 5 times more polluted than outdoorair, and this is part of why there is such a rise in chemical sensitivities as well as a spike in Asthma rates in children . There have been many attempts to fabricate eco-friendly alternatives to MDF made with natural materials, including hemp rigi...

...airqualityof your home , that's why! “Indoorairquality” refers to thequalityof theairin any home environment. The potential impact ofindoorairqualityon human health nationally is important for many reasons, including: Americans spend on average about 90 percent of their timeindoors, where according to ...

...indoorairqualityand ventilation Both the EPA & Health Canada recommendhealthyIndoorAirQuality(IAQ) for the short and long-term health of homeowners and their families. Beyond carefully selecting the materials in a kit home for ahealthyinteriorairquality, we also need to maintain thatqualityby bringing i...

...indoorairfilters, that simply isn’t the case as you would need a veritable jungle in your living room to have such an effect. So, keep plants for the aesthetic and mood enhancing aspects, but don’t count on it to cleanair. Read more here to find out if plants cleanindoorairquality. Growing food plantsindoor年代……

...indoorairquality, and it will satisfy building inspectors who are not accustomed to seeing a wall without a vapour barrier and may not allow you to continue. Radon gas prevention and remedial insulation in basements © Ecohome Note: the above diagram shows an ideal and complete basement renovation beginning wi...

...airtightness and building code all across North America is being updated to reflect this, so mechanical ventilation systems are essential to maintainhealthyindoorairquality原因如下:为居住者提供氧气，因为人们呼吸时会消耗氧气。In a reasonablyairtight home with ...