Spending more time indoors, you may discover that your place is not supporting your health. Did you know that on average Australians generally spending 90+% of their time indoors? This…
Environmental Stressors Can Cause Blindness?? Say what? Environmental stressors can cause blindness???? Yup. Let me illustrate this with a story about Billie. Billie (not her real name) is a young…
Moving (and house hunting) is a highly stressful time… Add to the mix the need to avoid environmental stressors, keep to a tight budget and manage with low tolerance –…
Is my house making me sick? PART 1 You’re not quite on your game. Your health has declined – your energy is low, you feel “off”, when you wake up…
Outdoor Workplaces An outdoor workplace may sound odd – perhaps you imagine a landscaper, gardener or builder being people who have outdoor workplaces. But most of us can move our…
Handy Essential Oils to Use Around the Home I wanted to share with you some handy essential oils that you can use with ease. I don’t like conventional pesticides they…
Asbestos-related products are often on my radar. Why? Because so many of our homes contain asbestos-related products – everything from walls, soffits, pipes, cladding, roof tiles, carpet backings, and more. Asbestos…
Lead can be found in older homes. Primarily it was used in paints. Now that the health effects of lead are better understood (lowering IQ, amongst other things), lead has…
Do You Ventilate Your Home? What did I notice when I first started assessing homes? I discovered something that surprised me – and still does. A vast number of people don’t…
Do you struggle to get a good night’s sleep? Many people do these days, and this can have a bigger impact that just feeling sleepy all day, or perhaps being…
As winter approaches, it is a great time to be having appliances serviced and checked for problems; as well, ensuring that flues are vented to the exterior and that there…
“Sick Building Syndrome” is a term that has been around for a few decades to explain how and why people are affected by their buildings. As a building biologist, I…
What do I think of Scented Reeds and Candles? Scented reeds and candles – peh! I have thought a lot about scented reeds and candles …and my opinion is very…
House Dust Mites (HDM) are Everywhere! House dust mites are tiny, opaque, feast on skin cells and love to live in mattresses, with their population being three times higher in a…
Vacuum Cleaners. What to look for in a good one… With the enormous range of vacuum cleaners on the market, how do you choose what is best for your needs?…
Home is the most important place. It is our castle. Home is our safety haven, our sacred space, our island in the midst of the world. For many of us,…
Indoor Air Contaminants – Discover Which 3 Are Most Commonly Overlooked Indoor air contaminants are largely ignored – even though the indoor air can be up to 10 times more…
Humidity is not just a present in our rainforests, it is also present in our homes Humidity is basically moisture levels in the air. Relative humidity (RH) is what we…
Condensation: an Enormous Issue in Buildings Condensation is an enormous issues in buildings, whether they be older buildings with single glazed windows and/or no insulation OR brand new buildings that are…
I want to share some information about ozone, VOCs and our indoor air. From here, I will share my stance on “bake outs,” so let’s start at the end to…
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