Heat recovery and ventilation systems are integral to contemporary approaches in reducing building energy consumption and enhancing indoor air quality. These systems operate by capturing waste heat ...

Air recirculation in ventilation systems is essentially the mixing of a certain amount of exhaust air into the supply air. This process provides a reduction in energy consumption when heating fresh ...

The International Building Code defines institutional occupancies under Institutional Group I and includes the use of buildings or structures where care or supervision is provided to persons who are ...

Last week I reviewed some of the general strategies used for ventilating buildings -- or not. This week, I’ll zero in on the types of balanced ventilation in which heat is recovered from the outgoing ...

A newly built home in San Francisco, Residence 950, takes indoor air quality very seriously. Built in 2018 by Troon Pacific, the 9,500-square foot home on Russian Hill has hospital grade air ...

For millions of people living with asthma, even the air inside their homes can make breathing difficult. But researchers at ...

Clean air is essential to good health — not just outdoor air, but the air we breathe in our homes. An energy-recovery ventilator can improve indoor air quality in tightly sealed houses. Installing an ...

One of the most important considerations when building or remodeling a house is that the envelope of the house is very air tight. This means there is no air coming in or going out through cracks in ...

We have no idea whether [Nick Goodey] is a trained engineer or not. But given the detailed design of this DIY energy recovery ventilator for his home HVAC system, we’re going to go out on a limb and ...