When your indoors look like shadows in places where there is no sunlight – or worse, like the Jungle has moved in – no one wants to live in it. Not only is it uninviting, it could be breeding dangerous bacteria or mycotoxins or damaging your building materials, air circulation system and furnishings like my …
There is nothing quite as gross as lying on your floor to play with the kids or cuddle up to your pets only to feel the dry dust slide up your nostrils as you breathe in, tiny particles attach to your skin, on your face. Keeping dust out of your home can be a difficult …
Did you just move into your new office, or you’re preparing the board room for that all important client meeting and the place just doesn’t feel and smell right, or maybe you’ve thought it was a particularly bad cold and flu season amongst your staff, or are things more serious? Either way, I am glad …
Here’s a look at how green, sustainable, smart and healthy are all coming together for a more intuitive building and lifestyle into the future. Although the words Green and Sustainable are very similar, they in fact are defined as two different elements. Healthy Home- Green A building is green when it helps reduce the footprint …
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Spring is just around the corner and that means continual sneezing, unable to stop coughing, itchy eyes, stuffy nose, tightness of the chest, headaches, dizziness, fainting, itchy, irritating skin, hives (urticaria), diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea for those with pollen allergies. Sound familiar? Airborne pollens are certainly the most troublesome culprits for seasonal allergic rhinitis, more …
Hold on a minute, you’re thinking. Why in the world do I need to vacuum my hard surface floors by hand when I have an automatic vacuum cleaner? Shouldn’t that little robot be doing all the work for me? Well, yes. Some of it. But automation with a human touch, it ain’t. While an automatic …
Some time ago I was asked my opinion on Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and it’s connection with mould, from a Building Biologists point of view. It’s such a huge topic that involves many professionals and research however I felt it was important that I documented my discussion as it raised some great points and may …
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There are 2 basic elements to Quality Indoor Air science: air balance and air hygiene. 1. Air Balance Your indoor air is delicate, and in order to reach perfect indoor harmony, it must be balanced. Balancing your indoor air means keeping the temperature of the air between 22⁰C and 24⁰C which is the degree of …
If there’s one thing all indoor air owners share, it’s indoor space maintenance. Creating and sticking to a consistent plan of attack will help eliminate stress and save money on cleaning chemicals. That’s right, cleaning your home MORE OFTEN means using LESS CHEMICALS. This might seem counter intuitive, but it makes sense if you understand …
No, we don’t mean painting your home green. We all want a pristine, fresh home, but can we be eco-conscious about it? Check out these top ten ways to be an environmentally friendly home owner. 1. Switch To A Greener Cleaner Bleach is the most commonly used chemical to clean homes, mainly because it works …
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