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Keeping your home healthy in lockdown and beyond
Covid-19 means people are spending more time at home. For those who live in cold, damp and mouldy properties it can mean increased risk to health and wellbeing.
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Back to solar design basics
Developers subdividing land and owners commissioning new homes have one chance to get the basic solar design principles right.
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The pursuit of comfortable homes
Everybody wants a warm, dry, quiet, sunny home, right? Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Germán Molina Larrain thinks so.
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House built since 2000 are better insulated and have become more airtight and as older homes have been upgraded and had new components such as aluminium window frames and sheet lining materials installed, they have also become more airtight, creating higher levels of internal moisture than previously. This can adversely affect the building structure, internal finishes, furnishings, fittings and the health of building occupants.
Yet internal moisture can be controlled often without huge cost. It requires an understanding of why the moisture occurs, how it affects the indoor environment and how it can be managed. This book identifies the causes and provides some solutions to eliminate or effectively manage indoor moisture.
