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Contractors: Empower You Clients … and Help Get This Economy Moving
Re-opening during this pandemic may not be enough if a business wants to stay afloat. Concern over indoor environments will still keep some customers away. Make no mistake: Most indoor air quality professionals will tell you the concern is often justified.
America’s Sustainable Energy Strides and Shortfalls in 2020
It’s that time of year! The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) by BloombergNEF has produced the 2021 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, its annual coverage of the previous year’s data on the energy marketplace.
Approach 2021 Carefully with Decarbonization in Mind
In our rush to leave 2020 behind—waaaay behind, let’s not barrel into 2021 without reframing our priorities. That advice, while important in all areas of life, is especially key in rebuilding our national and global economies. Where to focus our efforts in revving them back up? In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “2021 must be the year in which the world leaps forward into a net‑zero future.”
Be Passive About Saving Money on Energy Bills!
Referring to anything as ‘passive’ is rarely a compliment. Oddly enough, adopting passive methods to power our homes and buildings can ignite the fastest, most powerful sprint toward…
Innovation and the Pandemic
Hearing about the hobby some folks are discovering during the pandemic set our mechanical engineering instincts alight! While you’d be hard-pressed to think of any good coming out of COVID-19, many amateur engineers are spending the extra time at home flexing creative and problem-solving muscles.
Salon Flair in Better Air
Clients of Grateful Heads, a new hair salon in North Carolina, have more to be grateful for than they might realize. Sure, they leave their appointments with stunning styles, but owners April and Sam Kuhn seek to offer more than beauty to their clients.
Salon Stench? Virus worries?
Vent your problems--properly! While the results of salon treatments may be easy on the eyes, the air in many beauty and nail salons is often filled with downright ugly chemicals that venture into your lungs and become rather hard on the body. When you...
The Wrong Time for School HVAC Issues
Concerns over proper airflow and indoor air quality in school buildings are not new. In more conventional times, poor IAQ in buildings contribute to asthma, allergies, cold and flu, and less productivity.
Controlling Dental Office Ventilation
The indoor air quality (IAQ) situation in many dentist offices is nothing to smile about on a good day. Citing the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network, Business Insider ranked the dental industry as the most hazardous job environment* thanks, in part, to contaminants, disease, and infection exposure. And that was before the pandemic.
Smart Tips for Managing Demand Control Ventilation
High-efficiency Energy Recovery Ventilators are what you want for balanced ventilation in a home or commercial space, but the right philosophy on controls can help fine tune DCV further.To help manage your IAQ and energy bills more precisely, keep the following in mind when purchasing and installing an ERV: