Learn how to improve indoor air quality and better living in your home.
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Because healthy indoor air quality matters for all of us, but no regulations mandate it in the retrofit market. And yet where there are regulations, as in the new construction market, consumers still experience issues with poor indoor air quality, even when their home is equipped with an air exchanger such as an HRV!
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The American Society of Home Inspectors estimates that 60 percent of U.S. homes have wet basements. That means that more than half of American homes could have indoor environmental issues brought on by too much moisture. Whether it’s from subsurface seepage or rain-related, there are a number of clues that let you know you have a problem.
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If there’s a musty mold smell sometimes in your home, it’s important to investigate the cause and do something about it. It most often comes from basements, attics, crawlspaces, or other areas that lack proper ventilation and humidity control. Molds grow best in warm, damp, and humid conditions. They spread and reproduce by making spores. It is during that growth and reproduction that mold produces gasses called microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOC).
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