Indoor Air Quality Indoor air quality is an important thing and having wet air filters is worthy of your attention. Just to let you know, about 77,000 people per month go to the Google search box and enter, “Why is my air filter wet?” In addition, that search engine returns 888,000 entries about that same [...]
NASA and Air Quality Back in 1989, NASA got concerned enough with indoor air quality that they conducted a study showing which common house plants could be used to decrease pollutants in air. Over the years, building construction materials have become infiltrated with gases and chemicals that don’t end up being very healthy for humans. [...]
Air Quality In this chapter of “This Old House, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning,” the authors busy themselves with explaining certain factors that can influence the air quality. They also concern themselves with the placement of the house and certain exterior design qualities. Homeowners are encouraged to keep the “envelope” of the home in good [...]
Indoor Air Quality(IAQ) Enhanced building products that have been developed over the last 15 years have greatly increased the quality of homes and buildings in America. The increased ability of insulation to shield from the outside environment, the longevity built into various kinds of building products, and the standarization increases have decreased energy expenditures across [...]
Keeping It Cool and Keeping It Oxygenated! People who live where the temperature is above the normal body temperature of 98.6F have been creating ways to keep themselves cool for centuries. To the person living in hot climates back in previous times, the only way to keep cool was to jump [...]
Ventilation When we get into cars, one of the first things we do is either open a window or turn on the heat, air conditioner or fan. We want the air to move and we want it to be fresh. What is the thing you hear people say when they walk into an old [...]
