As you spend more of your time at home in the colder months, it's important to ensure you have good indoor air quality. Studies have found that poor air quality can affect emotional health as well as causing respiratory problems, so you should be able to tell when you're breathing poorly treated air. Here are a few ways you can tell that the air quality in your home needs to improve. Increased Respiratory Problems One of the most telling signs of a problem with your indoor air quality is in how you and the other members of your … [Read more...] about 4 Signs Your Home Has Poor Indoor Air Quality
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4 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality During the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has since changed every family’s way of living. To stay safe, everybody has to stay indoors, turning living spaces into makeshift offices and study halls. However, according to experts, locking yourself at home does not guarantee your safety from harmful air contaminants. The United States Environmental Agency reported that the concentrations of some pollutants are often 2 to 5 times higher than typical outdoor concentrations. Prashant Kumar of the University of Surrey said that various sources of pollution can be … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality During the Pandemic
Our Top Tips to Improve Your Air Quality on a Budget
According to the 2018 Indoor Air Quality Report, we spend over 90% of our time inside, which equates to 150 hours per week. When being outside means exposure to a traffic-clogged, factory-ridden city of smog, staying at home seems like a good idea. However, indoor air quality can be anything from two to ten times worse. This is thanks in no small part to the fact that our homes have more insulation and less ventilation than ever before, which leads to the accumulation of dust, pollen, chemicals, mold and stagnant air. Breathing all of that … [Read more...] about Our Top Tips to Improve Your Air Quality on a Budget
3 Ways Your Home Could Be Making You Sick 🤢
Get sick from time to time, it’s just a part of life. You can’t always avoid it, especially if you have kids, because they pick up all sorts of germs and dirt when they are out with their friends. Most of the time, you will feel better in a few days and there is nothing to worry about. But what happens if you and your family are constantly getting sick? That is more of a cause for concern because it probably means that there is a bigger problem somewhere. It’s always important that you see a doctor and check that there is nothing else … [Read more...] about 3 Ways Your Home Could Be Making You Sick 🤢
6 Tips for Improving Air Quality in Your Home
You can significantly improve your quality of life at home by adjusting the quality of the air. The air we breathe indoors is more complex than you might have imagined. Pulling air into the house from the outside requires negative pressure ventilation. Air enters your system through a path that ventilates, filters, and purifies it before it enters your home. Breathing hazards are commonly found in the outside air, especially in places with poor air quality such as industrial cities. However, even if you live somewhere relatively … [Read more...] about 6 Tips for Improving Air Quality in Your Home
Simple Ways to Create a Healthier Home
When it comes to living life healthily, we tend to focus on diet and exercise alone. However, your home plays a significant part in improving your health too. You spend a lot of time in there, after all, so the environment is bound to have a big impact on you. We may consider our houses to be safe havens from the risks of the outside world, but that isn’t necessarily true. There are many mistakes that we can make with our homes which can turn them into unhealthy places to live, increasing the risk of sickness, allergies, and worse. Thankfully, … [Read more...] about Simple Ways to Create a Healthier Home
