I burned a grilled cheese sandwich recently. I tried to bury the evidence by throwing it in the trash and forgetting about it, but my dear, sweet wife fished it out. "You need to tell the world about this," she…
You may recall that in 2021 Zehnder America gave me one of their premium energy recovery ventilators (ERV) with all the components I needed to get it up and running in my house. It's taken longer than I wanted to…
You can't see them. You can't smell a lot of them. In fact, they're hard to access with any of your senses. But that doesn't mean your body won't respond to those tiny airborne particles that make up what scientists…
This week I saw a photo that will haunt me for the rest of my life. It's one thing to know something. It's another to see it. I've been writing about indoor air quality and the health effects of indoor…
Imagine the house of your dreams. It's beautiful and laid out efficiently. You're always comfortable. It promotes health and happiness. The operating costs are low. You don't have to spend much to maintain it. You don't get a lot of…
The electrification movement is accelerating, so let's go back to this topic again and look at how to electrify an older house. In part 1 of this series, I listed some important questions to ask. Today, I'll cover some steps…
In a recent article on the result of my radon test, I referred to the US EPA's work on the health effects of radon. They claim that about 21,000 people in the US each year get lung cancer from indoor…
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I got a high radon test result for my house this week. I've lived in the house nearly four years now and finally got it tested. Yay! The result is high. Boo! But what does it really mean? I haven't…
Cold air is dry air, right? Think about the humidity in your house in winter compared to what it is in summer. If you're in a humid climate, it's going to be drier in winter. Even in dry climates, it's…
OK, it's time to spell this out in black and white because there seems to be some confusion. Monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2), as I've been doing with my Aranet4 portable CO2 monitor* for the past couple of years, is a…