Tag: humidity
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180: Why Adding Insulation Causes Moisture Issues in Buildings
When Prof. Dr. Hartwig Künzel was studying Chemical Engineering, his father was a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute. Hartwig followed in his father’s footsteps after becoming interested in the preservation of heritage buildings. He soon discovered that he could apply his engineering training to diagnosing the moisture problems that occurred after buildings were insulated.
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162: Introducing the LUNOS
When I first saw the LUNOS, I was skeptical. How could this be a ventilation solution with true heat recovery, when it’s so small? I particularly weary of systems claiming to be ‘heat recovery ventilation’, because so much of what’s typically sold and installed as such in New Zealand, simply is not. Worse than that,…
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115: What’s the Difference between HRV and ERV?
What’s the difference between HRV and ERV? Grant Anderson is the National MVHR Manager at Fantech. (What’s MVHR? Listen in to find out!) More detailed shownotes to come. For now, please feel free to contact me if you’d any help with choosing a ventilation system. You can also find Grant and his team at Fantech.…
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106: How to Prevent Water Damage with Wally
UPDATE July 2016: Check out the new features being added to Wally Wally is a wireless water leak detector, and temperature and humidity sensor for your home. As CEO of SNUPI Technologies, Jeremy Jaech told me, this isn’t particularly sexy, but it could be really valuable. On the contrary, I think the implications of this…