
Here are some practical
actions you can take to reduce energy costs, improve
comfort, and
reduce air pollution in your home or other building:
- Use a powered exhaust
for any device that burns fuel indoors and has any
potential to spill exhaust gasses indoors.
- Eliminate the need for
air leakage through your home's building envelope by
using
mechanical ventilation
to remove polluted indoor air and to supply as much
fresh filtered air as you want.
-
Seal air leaks
in the building's envelope to block entry of microbes,
allergens, toxins, irritants, insects,
and cold drafts.
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Insulate the walls and attic
as much, or more than, currently recommended for your
local climate.
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Control indoor air pressure to:
a) Minimize entry of
radon and water vapor from the soil.
b) In cold climates, keep
insulation dry and mold-free by minimizing flow of moist
indoor air through walls
and attic cavities that have been cooled by winter
weather.
c) In hot humid climates,
keep insulation effective and mold-free by minimizing
flow of moist outdoor air
through walls and attic cavities that have been cooled
by an air conditioner.
These actions will make
your home a
safer shelter if an
accident, or a terrorist, releases
chemical, biological or radiological substances upwind of
your home.
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