Polluted indoor air/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...airthan humidair. If you have a mould problem, clean it with detergent. But mould will always come back unless you address the issue that caused it. See our pages on ventilation andairexchangers for more information on home humidity. VOCs Volatile organic compounds form a large part of household chemical poll...

...indoorairquality magic bullet,” says Michael Waring, an environmental engineer andindoorairquality expert at Drexel University. Another study showed even lessairquality benefits from house plants, and concluded that it would take approximately 1,000 plants in a 10 square foot area to achieve the improvement in...

...airly good condition should provide enough of anairbarrier to contain radon below it. A contractor will drill two small test holes in the concrete floor on opposite sides of the basement, then install a vacuum in one and measureairflow with the other. If there is sufficientairmovement below the slab, then a rad...

...Air-Con = Damp Moldy Walls So here's a little known fact that most HVAC installers won't tell a potential new client for centralair; Polyethylene vapor barriers in combination withairconditioning in homes can rot walls because of the condensation they may cause. This is why if you have a newer home with a vapor ba...

...airoutside. With some types of insulation this can allow warm, moistairto condense on the cold concrete. Having no insulation at all does not eliminate these issues; you are also at risk, just not to the same extent if you don't have moisture sensitive materials directly in harm's way. For a basement to have any...

The continuing drop in cost for home solar power generation has led to a dramatic increase in the rate of installations, for both residential and commercial use. Increasing the yield through reflection could make that an even more affordable energy supply option. Most of the advances in solar power production come f...

...indoorairbeing many times morepollutedthan outdoorair, which you then filter with your lungs. We think it's important to take steps to mitigate that, but due to the economies of scale (the volume ofaircompared to the amount of plants), when you factor in all the variables, it's hard not to conclude that the on...

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

...airs There are a lot of toxic materials in homes and they have a cumulative effect onindoorairquality . We aren't advocating stripping every home to the studs and starting over, but as you make repairs and changes or start a new building project, there are a lot of safer and less ecologically damaging products a...

...indoorairquality (IAQ) Whatever floor finish you choose, different products will have different impacts on your homeairquality and the planet. Like paints, floor finishes will contain varying levels of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), or if you're a really shrewd shopper, none at all - see here for an article o...

...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 protectindoorairquality from being contaminated withairborne particulate. Dust, dirt, and pollen in theairof homes is shown to have n...