{"id":889,"date":"2020-08-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gogreenhart.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:29:44","slug":"dilemma-modern-homes-indoor-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dehartinc.com\/blog\/indoor-air-quality-service\/dilemma-modern-homes-indoor-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dilemma of Modern Homes and Indoor Air Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our company exists to help homeowners overcome the dilemmas\nthey face with houses that are uncomfortable and energy inefficient at the same\ntime. It\u2019s an unfortunate fact for many people that they live in homes that are\nstuffy and uncomfortable with air quality far worse than it should be, and yet\nthey\u2019re paying high energy bills for the \u201cprivilege\u201d of inferior living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we want to specifically address the trouble with indoor air quality Modesto, CA<\/a>. IAQ is a big trouble spot for homes, and we\u2019re going to explain why this situation exists. Part of it is because attempts to make<\/em> homes more energy-efficient end up creating a new problem (often without solving the original energy waste problem).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Modern Home Design Trouble<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even with the opportunities to be in the Great Outdoors,\nmost of us will spend most of our lives inside buildings. The majority of the\nair you breathe during your life is indoor air, and the majority of that<\/em>\nindoor air will be the air of your house. Unfortunately, the EPA has discovered\nthat indoor air quality can be from two to five times worse than the air outside.\nThe reason for this: modern home construction doesn\u2019t allow for proper ventilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A house needs to have some exchange of air with the outside\u2014it\nneeds to \u201cbreathe.\u201d This allows for air replacements, the ventilation that\nremoves the pollutants that build up inside the house and puts fresh air in its\nplace. But modern homes are built as tight as possible in order to increase\ntheir energy efficiency. The tight construction slows down the movement of heat\neither into or out of the house, helping to retain heat during cold weather and\nkeep heat out during warm weather. A house that can\u2019t breathe will soon have a high\nconcentration of pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Pollutant Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A second trouble comes from the number of pollutant sources inside a home. Household cleaning products and chemicals, cooking, pressed wood products, paint, materials for electronic devices, attached garages, tobacco smoke, personal care products, and more send pollutants into the air. Although you can reduce some of these, it\u2019s impossible to reduce all of them. The best way to deal with these pollutants is proper home ventilation\u2014which most homes don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solving the Modern IAQ Dilemma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can open windows and doors to allow fresh air into your house. A surprising number of homeowners almost never<\/em> open their windows! But opening up the house in this way has its own problem, which is the energy-saving one: it lets in heat or lets heat escape. During winters and summers, this is a problem. How can you have energy savings and quality indoor air at the same time during the year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why we\u2019re here! We can help you enjoy great indoor\nair quality and save energy at the same time. There is no single solution: we\noffer many different choices for better heating, cooling, and ventilation. Some\nexamples: air filters, air purifiers, duct repairs, heat and energy recovery\nventilators, and humidity controls. Talk to us today and we\u2019ll get you started\nwith better indoor air quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live Green, Save Green!<\/a> Greenhart aims to improve the lives of our customers through comfort and energy savings.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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