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Installed correctly, comprehensive vented attic upgrades can significantly reduce utility costs while improving comfort, indoor air quality, and durability of the attic structure.

Installed correctly, comprehensive vented-to-unvented attic upgrades can significantly reduce utility costs while improving comfort, indoor air quality, and durability of the attic structure.

Many homes are missing whole-house fresh air systems that ensure adequate dilution of moisture, dust, pollen, and particulates inside the home. These contaminants can trigger asthma and allergy attacks as well as other health problems. Balanced heat recovery ventilation (HRV) and enthalpy recovery ventilation (ERV) provide an equal amount of supply and exhaust air adequate for effective dilution of contaminants. HRV’s include a heat exchanger to capture heat from exhaust air in the winter and supply air in summer for added efficiency. ERV’s also help remove unwanted outdoor moisture in summer and retain desired indoor moisture in winter for added comfort. However, critical installation best practices need to be followed to ensure a successful project. Use this checklist to get the significant health and enhanced comfort benefits possible from a quality installed balanced HRV/ERV fresh air system.

Many homes are missing whole-house fresh air systems that ensure adequate dilution of moisture, dust, pollen, and particulates inside the home. These contaminants can trigger asthma and allergy attacks as well as other health problems. Supply integrated with HVAC fresh air systems draw in adequate outdoor air for effective dilution of contaminants through a duct tied into the HVAC system return duct ahead of the filter. However, critical installation best practices need to be followed to ensure a successful project. Use this checklist to get the significant health benefits possible from a quality installed supply integrated with HVAC fresh air system.

In many homes, bathrooms exhaust fans are missing or very ineffective removing moisture from washing and bathing which can increase the risk of mold and mildew. High-efficiency exhaust fans quietly exhaust bathroom air to the outside, and can operate continuously as a whole-house fresh air system to help dilute moisture, dust, pollen, and particulates inside the home. However, critical installation best practices need to be followed to ensure a successful project. Use this checklist to get the significant health and durability benefits possible from a quality installed bathroom exhaust fan.

Many homes are missing whole-house fresh air systems that ensure adequate dilution of moisture, dust, pollen, and particulates inside the home. These contaminants can trigger asthma and allergy attacks as well as other health problems. Balanced supply plus exhaust fresh air systems provide an equal amount of supply and exhaust air adequate for effective dilution of contaminants. However, critical installation best practices need to be followed to ensure a successful project. Use this checklist to get the significant health benefits possible from a quality installed balanced supply plus exhaust fresh air system.

Gas water heaters in many homes have low efficiency and use natural draft exhaust with the potential to back draft or spill combustion gases. High-efficiency gas tank water heaters reduce heat losses with highly insulated tanks, use efficient burners, and have ducted supply and exhaust air that cannot backdraft combustion gases. However, critical installation best practices need to be followed to ensure a successful project. Use this checklist to get the significant energy savings and safety benefits possible from a quality installed gas tank water heater.