Ventilation (general)- Page 7 of 8
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Improving Indoor Air With a DIY Portable Air Cleaner
You will need a box fan, MERV-13+ filters, cardboard, and tape
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Affordable Housing Retrofits
Southface Institute leverages the intersection of building performance and human health to promote social equity
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Deep-Energy Retrofit of an Old Timber Frame
Hudson Valley Preservation strips a late 1700s house down to its original timber frame, and salvages components from two major renovations in order to tighten up the building envelope for net-zero performance
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The BS* + Beer Show: Unvented Roofs and Fluffy Insulation
Is it ever safe to insulate an unvented roof with only fiberglass, cellulose, or other fibrous insulation?
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Air-to-Water Heat Pump Retrofit
A mechanical engineer shares lessons learned after replacing his propane boiler with an air-to-water heat pump to heat his home
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Makeup Air for Kitchen Exhaust
What the code does and doesn't say about kitchen exhaust and makeup air and how to prevent backdrafting of certain combustion appliances
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A Pretty Good House in the Sierra Nevada
Designed and built with best practices and some experimentation, this home is tight, well-insulated, and zero-energy ready
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How to Look at a House like a Building Scientist (Part 1: Air)
Using diagnostic tools to find air leaks that make homes inefficient, uncomfortable, and are often the cause of moisture-related problems
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Does My Vent Hood Need Makeup Air?
With plans for building a tight house, a homeowner wonders whether makeup air should be provided for the kitchen hood
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Designing for a Hot, Humid City
In an interview, architect Peter Pfeiffer shares lessons learned throughout his career as we look at a modern farmhouse his firm recently designed.
