The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. Question: What’s an HRV and how ...

Q I live in a modern well-insulated bungalow that has a great deal of condensation, which I keep under control with a dehumidifier. Would a “heat recovery ventilation system” be a better alternative?

We have no idea whether [Nick Goodey] is a trained engineer or not. But given the detailed design of this DIY energy recovery ventilator for his home HVAC system, we’re going to go out on a limb and ...

Air recirculation in ventilation systems is essentially the mixing of a certain amount of exhaust air into the supply air. This process provides a reduction in energy consumption when heating fresh ...

As the days go from cool to cold and the last leaves fall from the trees, it’s time to admit it. Yes, winter is coming. It’s not even the snow and ice that most of us mind so much, it’s the stale, ...

Heat recovery and ventilation systems are integral to contemporary approaches in reducing building energy consumption and enhancing indoor air quality. These systems operate by capturing waste heat ...

As far as I have been able to find out, there is only one New Zealand company that manufactures a true HRV system and it is not HRV (hrv.co.nz). It is Cleanaire or ...

Clean air is essential to good health — not just outdoor air, but the air we breathe in our homes. An energy-recovery ventilator can improve indoor air quality in tightly sealed houses. Installing an ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. We like to repeat architect Carl Elefante's adage that "the ...

I often say that homes and buildings designed to the tough Passivhaus or Passive House standards are "dumb buildings", because they do not rely on a bunch of smart stuff to save energy, just dumb old ...