Every home needs proper ventilation for healthy indoor air quality. A certain amount of air exchanges per hour is necessary to flush impurities out and keep fresh air coming in. According to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, for every person that lives in your home, there should be 0.35 changes in air each hour. That means 15 cubic feet of air should be changing in the home every minute. Continue reading
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Maximize Comfort And Enhance Air Conditioning Systems’ Cooling: Whole-House Ventilation Systems
Generally speaking, most San Antonio homeowners think comfort means having a good air-conditioning system. That’s true. However, the comfort an efficient A/C provides also depends on how the air is circulated, and that’s where ventilation enters the picture. Continue reading
Fresh Air Without Having to Open the Windows: Ventilation Tips
Over the last half-century, the average San Antonio-area home has become extremely well built. This is advantageous in many ways, but there is at least one unfortunate side effect: our modern homes are often poorly ventilated.
If you think about it, older homes had a fairly natural ventilation system. They were downright drafty, because building materials weren’t manufactured to the same exacting specifications as today’s materials. Continue reading
