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BUILDING R
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Building Enclosures vs. Mechanical
Systems By Allison Bailes III
Building enclosures and mechanical systems are
both important in homes. So why set up competition
between these two critical parts of a house? Well,
it turns out that one of them can hurt more than the
other if you don't get it right.
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MAY'S WAYS:
The Canary in the Mine By Jeffrey May
I began doing IAQ investigations more than 25 years
ago. At that time, industrial hygienists did most of the
investigations, and most of them occurred in work-
places and not in residences.
MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE:
Tools to Live Healthier in
the Age of Climate Change
By Diane MacEachern
Climate change makes asthma, COPD,
diabetes, and many other illnesses
worse. Somewhat surprisingly, doctors
and nurses may not know enough
about the health impacts of the climate
crisis to consider them when developing
plans to treat climate-impacted disease,
or even to prevent it.
