Healthy Indoors Magazine - USA Edition

IAQnet, LLC strives to use reliable sources and verify data, but makes no guarantee that information is complete or accurate; consequently, readers using this information do so at their own risk. Although persons and companies mentioned herein are believed to be reputable, neither IAQnet, LLC, nor its officers, employees, or contractors accept any responsibility whatsoever for the activities of any such persons or companies. © 2019 IAQnet, LLC 4 | September 2019 DEPARTMENTS 6 | Editorial 8 | News Live Wire Virtual Newsroom 10 | HI Forum 12 | Events Calendar Find out about Industry Events INDUSTRY 16 | RADON: Radon Protection: How Homebuyers can do Their Due Diligence by Robert Dekanski 24 | Sustainability Snippets: Introduction by Tom Murray 34 | May's Ways: Problematic Air Flows by Jeffrey May 34 | IAQ Radio — Watch the online weekly video podcast and its archived episodes. CONSUMERS 38 | Home Performance Minute: The Secret Foundations of Filters by Corbett Lunsford 40 | The House Whisperer: The TREE House by Nate Adams 46 | MOMS Clean Air Force—News 16 | RADON: Radon Protection: How Homebuyers can do Their Due Diligence by Robert Dekanski The process of buying a home requires a good amount of in- vestigation, even in the best of situations. When there are con- cerns that may be hidden or invisible, that just makes it even more important for those looking to buy a home to perform their due diligence 30 | May's Ways: Problematic Air Flows by Jeffrey May Building and indoor-air-quality professionals should be aware of visible conditions that can lead to airborne irritants, contam- inants, and allergens. 40 | The House Whisperer: The TREE House by Nate Adams How do deep energy retrofits stack up for comfort, air quality, and energy use? The answers may surprise you. Back in 2013-2014 we had the op- portunity to help with a deep energy retrofit of the TREE House at Hiram College, which is now the environ- mental studies department. Volume 7 No. 9 September 2019

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