Walk into almost any house built before modern building codes and you can feel it in the air: rooms that never quite dry out, ...

Accumulation of biological pollutants can result in hazardous health effects for occupants, as well as structural damage to the building. They say ignorance is bliss. But today, with mounting evidence ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Air cleaners have become the comfort purchase of the decade, promising to scrub away everything from wildfire smoke to ...

Today indoor temperatures are generally controlled by devices – whether they are smart, portable, or wedged in a window. Most heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems can be set to maintain ...