Indoor humidity is often a problem for people.
Getting it right makes life at home more comfortable.
In the winter, the ideal humidity level eliminates the 'zaps' and
dry, itchy skin, not to mention the sore scratchy throats and
cough.
For winter,...
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I love old houses and renovating them, so I tend to troll chat
rooms full of discussions about how to get older homes to
accommodate new technology that gives us the creature comforts our
ancestors could only dream about.
I find that some DIY-ers have...
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Secondhand smoke is a real danger for people. I mean, obviously it
is a problem for people with respiratory ailments, but a recent
Live Science article states that
people exposed to
secondhand smoke in social settings and work places have a...
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Parents are really concerned about the health
of their children. We know here at AirFlow Technology because we get a lot of
inquiries about air quality issues when it comes to children.
There are a lot of ways that children are different than adults...
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Just this month news has come from the Philippines about a new
paint from manufacturer, Boyson, called KNOxOUT.
What makes this paint so special is the impact it will have on the
environment. We all know that air pollution is a huge problem and
bad...
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Today I am in bed sick. My husband has positioned a never-ending
cup of tea on the nightstand and a garbage can to contain the
growing mound of tissues that are catching all the sneezes, coughs
and sniffles.
Deciding to
spend the day working at a...
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There is a national day for just about every disease, person,
organization and event you can find. But when I heard that
Jan. 3 is National Sleep Day, I really had to
wonder why.
However, I realized that doctors have said
for a (very) long time that...
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A recent article on Earth911 asks, "What if we had to pay for the
food we waste?"
Wow. What an idea? The article says that
40% of food in the United States and United Kingdom is
wasted! That's 4 of every ten peas, beans, pounds of
meat.
Korea has about...
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Just finished reading Bill Bryson's book,
Home. It's chock
full of tidbits about how our homes and the accoutrements of daily
life came to be and be named. Very interesting.
One concept I found very surprising is that the idea of
having comfort at...
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Do you spend any time thinking about the quality of the air
in your home?
Do you worry what is in the air your family is breathing and what
it is doing to their bodies?
If you are, you are not alone. There are plenty of
others who are right there with...
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Whenever I think of UV rays, I always think of those old B movies
and rays zapping monsters and aliens. I guess that idea is pretty
uniform as UV rays are beings used to zap bacteria and germs these
days - much like the aliens and monsters, neither...
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I just love all
the shopping bags I have collected. I have them from all sorts of
stores and have favorites to carry the boxed groceries and the
produce.
However, I didn't think about the fact that these champions of the
environment could also be...
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A new revolution is brewing in China.
That may be an odd topic for us here at
AirFlow
Technology, but we are interested because it is an air quality
revolution! A recent article in the Beijing Times by Edward Wong
(and reported by the New York Times)...
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Here at AirFlow Technology we are always looking for energy saving
tips for consumers to not only save energy, but money, too. I know
it's a great thing that the new LED holiday lights consume up to
15% less energy than the old strings of holiday...
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Argh! The cold of winter means more than the hassle of coats,
boots, hats and gloves - and big heating bills and shorter days. We
also have to deal with humidity issues.
Here in Indiana, it seems we only have about five weeks every year
where the...
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Do you have any idea what lack of humidity can do to your
furniture?
Nope? I didn't either, but I do now.
I know here at
AirFlow Technology we talk alot about air
quality and creating comfortable rooms for all the living creatures
in your house.
For...
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Here in Indianapolis we are getting greener every day! More and
more people are joining the ranks of the environmentally-conscious
population. Part of that is through education by a popular website
called GreenPieceIndy. They always have new and...
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Because
our family grew up in an old two-story farm house which was a sauna
in the summer and an ice cube during the winter months, I know a
lot about uneven heat. I was the kid who had a mountain of blankets
piled high on the bed in the upstairs...
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When you slide between the bed
sheets at the end of the evening, do you find yourself groaning and
mumbling some frustrations later in the night? Do you wake up
feeling like someone stuffed cotton balls in both of your nostrils?
Chances are that you...
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Every summer for several years, I dreaded the days I found
electricity bills in the mailbox. Our air conditioner kicked on all
the time and yet, there were rooms in our home that might have
actually been cooled better by opening the window and...
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