Today's modern homes are tighter than ever before. You need a good strategy to keep your indoor environment a healthy environment.
- Sealing holes and cracks in the home's "envelope" and in heating and cooling duct systems helps reduce drafts, moisture, dust and pollen. A tightly sealed home improves comfort and indoor air quality while reducing utility and maintenance.
- Keeping the air conditioning system out of the garage allows your system to work at peak efficiency and results in better air quality.
- DuPont™ Tyvek® flashing tapes and Kwal/ Color Wheel sealants help reduce drafts, moisture, dust, pollen and noise. A tightly sealed home improves comfort and indoor air quality while reducing utility and maintenance.
- The fibrous structure of DuPont™ Tyvek® is specially engineered with microscopic pores that allow moisture vapors to escape the wall cavity, but are so small that bulk water and air cannot penetrate the building envelope. Better ventilation of wall cavities prevents the formation of mold and mildew, improving indoor air quality. Reducing the air flow from outside to inside also minimizes temperature differences for greater comfort.
- Kwal/ Color Wheel Paints and coatings currently meet the Florida Green Building Coalition's standards for low volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
- The indoor air quality concern for most green building projects is the potential release of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Owens Corning's PINK FIBERGLAS products have been tested and certified for better indoor air quality by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute.