Evaluating Lead-Based Paint, Finding the Source of a Basement Water Problem, Dealing with Dust, and so much more in the August 2019 Digital Edition of Healthy Indoors Magazine, available online now! https://hi.healthyindoors.com/i/1159916-hi-august-2019/0 Get your FREE monthly subscription to Healthy Indoors Magazine at: https://iaqnet.leadpages.co/healthy-indoors-magazine-subscribe/
by Jeffrey May — https://hi.healthyindoors.com/i/1148971-hi-july-2019/ — Top photo – Encapsulate misapplied over mold growth on the underside of an attic roof deck We get a number of calls about attic mold, especially during real estate transactions. Ironically enough, a building occupant is much more apt to be exposed to spores from mold growth in a
By Allison Bailes — One of the topics I’ve hammered on for years is the inadequacy of using rules of thumb for sizing air conditioners. The standard one ton of air conditioning capacity for each 400 to 600 square feet of conditioned floor area just doesn’t work. We know that a load calculation based on
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This is what AC is really doing to our bodies and brains, according to experts. By Jenna Birch — Most Americans use air conditioning every day, whether it’s in their office buildings or living spaces; 90% of the country has a unit at home, and AC accounts for about 10% of worldwide electricity consumption. But,
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Home Performance Channel – Healthy Indoors Minute — May 2019 — Grace and Corbett Lunsford, of the Building Performance Workshop, and the hosts of the new weekly PBS TV series, Home Diagnosis, bring you the next installment of the “Home Performance Channel – Healthy Indoors Minute.” This month’s topic: Air Quality Monitors. Corbett shows a
By Alice Delia — It’s all about the marketing. The surface coatings (paint, varnish, lacquer, etc.) industry has been very successful at convincing us we can act “green” by using a low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) or no-VOC paint. If you think about it, how is that possible? The VOCs serve a purpose so how is
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IAQ & Energy 2019 Conference October 31 – November 1, 2019 – Portland, ME & Live-streamed worldwide The Maine Indoor Air Quality Council and Healthy Indoors Magazine have again partnered for this premiere event where you can see leading industry experts and get professional CEUs by attending either in-person or online. Learn more at: IAQandENERGY.com
by Kevin Kennedy — If we change what we live with, we will get better. A couple of strangers carrying small suitcases arrive at Emma’s front door. Emma is a five-year-old with asthma and her doctor recently gave the family a referral to a local company that offers home environmental assessment services. Emma’s parents were
CBS News November 22, 2018, 7:35 AM The University of Maryland is trying to calm fears that recent mold problems on campus may be linked to a virus that caused a student’s death. Freshman Olivia Paregol, 18, died on Sunday after contracting adenovirus, which typically causes respiratory illnesses. The university said five more students have
Grace and Corbett Lunsford, of the Building Performance Workshop, and the hosts of the new weekly PBS TV series, Home Diagnosis, bring you the next installment of the “Home Performance Channel – Healthy Indoors Minute.” It’s easy to overthink building science decisions- here, Corbett quickly summarizes the basics of controlling moisture in the Lunsford family
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