Explaining the Unexpected Impact of COVID-19 Closures: Mold

Working from home may have been, for many, both a blessing and a curse, depending on your workflow and general office-related preferences. But after several months of embracing the ability to kick your feet back and methodically cross off your to-do list from the comfort of your couch (and pajamas), have you taken a moment to consider the toll the...

Talking About Toxicity: What You Need To Know About Mold

The human body often responds to mold exposure in one way or another, be it seemingly worsened seasonal allergies or outright flu-like symptoms. And in a world where a persistent cough could be a cause for concern, it’s more important now than ever to determine its source. And one avenue to investigate? Toxic mold. Here’s what you need to know...

Renovation and The Myth of Air Quality Renewal

While it’s understandable that one may buy into the myth that renovation equals renewal in terms of your home’s health, the fact of the matter is that the very remodeling process you believe to be your saving grace may, in truth, be another avenue for polluting your indoor air quality further. Now, we aren’t saying that you shouldn’t move forward...

HVACs are hardly considered a rare air resource today, regardless of whether one is looking at a residential or commercial building. In fact, the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2018 Residential Energy Consumption Survey revealed that “air-conditioning equipment is used in 87% of homes in the United States.” But that leaves one to wonder: How many of those homes have...

April Showers Bring May… Moisture

While April closes in on itself, creeping gradually into the mild heat of May, the April weeks won’t just provide the showers for which May’s flowers are known; rather, they will evolve expectedly into the hurricanes that barrel annually across Florida’s First Coast come June. And with the rainy season arrives the renewed possibility that water and moisture will encroach...