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The headlines have warned about heat waves and soaring humidity since the beginning of June this year for various areas of the US, and if you live in one of them, you just have to step outside for a moment...
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If you travel the world, you’ll see many different types of homes and architecture. If you’re inquisitive, you’ll even learn about the different building methods used. One building material that hasn’t been widely adopted in the US (yet) is Aerated...
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Sometimes “free” is not free. Although using sewage byproducts on fields as fertilizer seems like a good way to “recycle” this kind of waste, and has been done for “many decades” in Europe and at least since the early 1990’s...
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Warm summer weather + ample rain = MOSQUITOES! Scientists are still trying to find ways to edit their genes to make them non-reproductive, but for the moment, all the average backyard/outdoors person has is a dizzying array of insect...
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Although “comfort” is the end goal of our home environment, that word could have different meanings for different people. However, we can use parameters like “temperature”, “relative humidity” and “air exchange” to define our version of comfort. The first two,...
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