dehumidification Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/dehumidification/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:02:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 10 Ways to Reduce Your Indoor Humidity https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/10-ways-to-reduce-your-indoor-humidity/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/10-ways-to-reduce-your-indoor-humidity/#view_comments Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:21:10 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9137 With our changing climate, more people are having to deal with higher humidity for longer periods of time this summer.  I’d say this has been probably the worst summer for humidity since I moved to Georgia in the summer of…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/hotels-have-a-humidity-problem/feed/ 9 5 Tips for Sizing an Air Conditioner https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/5-tips-for-sizing-an-air-conditioner/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/5-tips-for-sizing-an-air-conditioner/#view_comments Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:07:19 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8344 So you’re getting a new air conditioner!  Well, what size should you get?  Unfortunately, too many contractors use only one input for sizing an air conditioner.  Yup.  To them, it’s just a matter of floor area.  Forget the windows, the…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/4-ways-to-duct-a-dehumidifier/feed/ 21 Living With a Heat Pump Water Heater https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/living-with-a-heat-pump-water-heater/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/living-with-a-heat-pump-water-heater/#view_comments Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:31:47 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=6505 It was two years ago this week we had the nasty old fossil gas natural draft water heater removed.   (That’s it in the photo below.)  Outside of running a gasoline powered generator inside a house, this kind of water heater…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/living-with-a-heat-pump-water-heater/feed/ 215 Measuring the Efficiency of a Room Dehumidifier https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/measuring-the-efficiency-of-a-room-dehumidifier/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/measuring-the-efficiency-of-a-room-dehumidifier/#view_comments Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:41:59 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=6453 A few months ago, I wrote about the confusing world of dehumidifier capacity.  That quantity tells you how much water a dehumidifier will produce in a given amount of time.  Here in the US, we use pints per day, but…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/measuring-the-efficiency-of-a-room-dehumidifier/feed/ 17 Building Science Term of the Week: Grains of Water https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/building-science-term-of-the-week-grains-of-water/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/building-science-term-of-the-week-grains-of-water/#view_comments Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:34:29 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=6184 Every area of building science has its jargon.  And I’m not just talking about the acronyms, initials, and abbreviations that get thrown around casually.  I’ve been making a list of the most interesting, useful, or stupefying BS terms and giving…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/building-science-term-of-the-week-grains-of-water/feed/ 7 The Confusing World of Dehumidifier Capacity https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-confusing-world-of-dehumidifier-capacity/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-confusing-world-of-dehumidifier-capacity/#view_comments Fri, 21 May 2021 15:14:44 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=5744 Dehumidifiers have one job:  to turn water vapor into liquid water by moving air over a cold coil that’s below the dew point.  The capacity, or size, of a dehumidifier is just the rate at which it does that conversion. …

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-confusing-world-of-dehumidifier-capacity/feed/ 6 The Perfect Weather for a Dehumidifier https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/perfect-weather-dehumidifier/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/perfect-weather-dehumidifier/#view_comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:19:25 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=the-perfect-weather-for-a-dehumidifier That dehumidifier you see in the photo above is in the Energy Vanguard office here in Decatur, Georgia.  The compressor doesn’t come on often, but this past week I’ve heard it running quite a bit.  Depending on where you’re from,…

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