ventilation Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/ventilation/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:24:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 A Fistful of New Building Science Videos https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-fistful-of-new-building-science-videos/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-fistful-of-new-building-science-videos/#view_comments Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:00:40 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9175 We’re doing some new things here at Energy Vanguard.  We’ve had a YouTube channel since 2010 but haven’t done much with it.  So one of the new things is working on putting out new videos every week.  Here are the…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-fistful-of-new-building-science-videos/feed/ 1 Do You Really Need to Run the Bath Fan in Summer? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/do-you-really-need-to-run-the-bath-fan-in-summer/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/do-you-really-need-to-run-the-bath-fan-in-summer/#view_comments Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:39:18 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9159 In the comments of my last article, RoyC made an interesting point.  “I don’t usually run my bathroom exhaust fan during a shower when it is hot and humid out,” he wrote.  I’m sure that statement shocks a lot of…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/do-you-really-need-to-run-the-bath-fan-in-summer/feed/ 25 A Burnt Grilled Cheese and the Collapse of Indoor Air Quality https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-burnt-grilled-cheese-and-the-collapse-of-indoor-air-quality/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-burnt-grilled-cheese-and-the-collapse-of-indoor-air-quality/#view_comments Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:06:50 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9122 I burned a grilled cheese sandwich recently.  I tried to bury the evidence by throwing it in the trash and forgetting about it, but my dear, sweet wife fished it out.  “You need to tell the world about this,” she…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-burnt-grilled-cheese-and-the-collapse-of-indoor-air-quality/feed/ 10 A Weekend Zehnder ERV Installation Blitz https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-zehnder-erv-installation-blitz/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-zehnder-erv-installation-blitz/#view_comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:35:27 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8970 You may recall that in 2021 Zehnder America gave me one of their premium energy recovery ventilators (ERV) with all the components I needed to get it up and running in my house.  It’s taken longer than I wanted to…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-zehnder-erv-installation-blitz/feed/ 22 What Is PM2.5? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-is-pm2-5/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-is-pm2-5/#view_comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:12:47 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8948 You can’t see them.  You can’t smell a lot of them.  In fact, they’re hard to access with any of your senses.  But that doesn’t mean your body won’t respond to those tiny airborne particles that make up what scientists…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-is-pm2-5/feed/ 6 Radon Reduction From Basement Sealing – Preliminary https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/radon-reduction-from-basement-sealing-preliminary/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/radon-reduction-from-basement-sealing-preliminary/#view_comments Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:27:38 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8899 Shortly after my wife and I bought our 1961 home in 2019, I discovered a serious problem in the basement.  Where I could see it, the slab was cracked all along the edge of the exterior walls (photo above).  I…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/radon-reduction-from-basement-sealing-preliminary/feed/ 38 Don’t Vent Bath Fans to the Attic! https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/dont-vent-bath-fans-to-the-attic/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/dont-vent-bath-fans-to-the-attic/#view_comments Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:46:27 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8814 Bathrooms need some way of exhausting air.  Mostly it’s to keep the humidity down, but, depending on who lives in the house, the bathroom also can be a source of a lot of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).  Not all homes…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/dont-vent-bath-fans-to-the-attic/feed/ 13 A Vivid Look at the Effects of Air Pollution https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-vivid-look-at-the-effects-of-air-pollution/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-vivid-look-at-the-effects-of-air-pollution/#view_comments Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:59:56 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8745 This week I saw a photo that will haunt me for the rest of my life.  It’s one thing to know something.  It’s another to see it.  I’ve been writing about indoor air quality and the health effects of indoor…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-vivid-look-at-the-effects-of-air-pollution/feed/ 17 7 Stupid Things You Can Do With Air https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/stupid-things-to-do-with-air/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/stupid-things-to-do-with-air/#view_comments Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:03:15 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8627 The Talking Heads said it best:  “Air can hurt you, too.”  And it does it in so many ways.  It can hurt your pocketbook.  It can make you uncomfortable.  It can make you sweat.  It can make you sick.  And,…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/stupid-things-to-do-with-air/feed/ 15 Range Hood Makeup Air: The Basics https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/range-hood-makeup-air-the-basics/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/range-hood-makeup-air-the-basics/#view_comments Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:11:51 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8597 Kitchen ventilation is critical to having good indoor air quality in your home.  Cooking, as the research shows, produces a lot of indoor air pollutants.  The best way to deal with that is to have an exhaust ventilation system that…

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