As the days go from cool to cold and the last leaves fall from the trees, it’s time to admit it. Yes, winter is coming. It’s not even the snow and ice that most of us mind so much, it’s the stale, ...

Over the last few years, we have seen a huge increase in demand on architects, builders, and government legislation to increase the thermal efficiency of our homes, making them well-insulated and ...

Q: This winter, my family and I have been spending a lot of time bundled up indoors. Is breathing all this indoor air good for us? A: We spend most of our lives indoors. Whether at work, school, ...

A newly built home in San Francisco, Residence 950, takes indoor air quality very seriously. Built in 2018 by Troon Pacific, the 9,500-square foot home on Russian Hill has hospital grade air ...

To read more about indoor air quality from Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes, go to the author's website. The planet is heating up, faster than we thought it would. As this chapter ...

They say ignorance is bliss. But today, with mounting evidence showing the harmful health effects of poor indoor air quality (IAQ), consumers and businesses alike are making considerable changes to ...

[Marcel] thought – what if he had more control over his house ventilation system? You could add some nifty features, such as automatically ventilating your house in the mornings when everyone’s away, ...

“Passive house” can rank pretty far up the list of inadvertently misleading phrases. Realizing the momentous energy-saving potential of this approach requires plenty of active effort on the part of ...

When winter comes around and the heating bills start rolling in, it only makes sense to start exploring ways to help reduce your energy costs at home. Of course, you can try out all kinds of tricks ...

Americans are abandoning their masks. They’re done with physical distancing. And, let’s face it, some people are just never going to get vaccinated. Yet a lot can still be done to prevent covid ...