FAQ

Indoor Air Quality issues for Healthy House design and living.

1. Why is indoor air quality a growing problem in our homes?

2. Why is it important to ventilate?

3. What causes indoor air pollution?

4. Do moulds and fungi increase our risk to respiratory illnesses?

5. Why are Relative Humidity (RH) levels important in your home?

6. What are the main sources of humidity in our homes?

7. What are the key steps to improving Indoor Air Quality?

8. Why build a "Healthy House"?

9. What are the design principles for a "Healthy House"?

10. What is "Sick Building Syndrome"?

11. Does filtration improve indoor air quality ?

12. Are Energy Efficient Houses Healthy?

13. What is HRV technology?

14. Whole building ventilation - Healthy House systems explained.

15. Balanced Ventilation systems - The key to energy efficiency?

16. Measuring Building Performance - how do we test for air tightness?

17. What is the European Passive House Standard?

18. The heating and cooling potential of roof space air using positive pressure
ventilation systems: is it effective?

19. Low Energy Building - is there a standard?