The average Canadian spends over 90% of their time indoors.
The first time I heard that statistic I said “No way!” Not me… I’m an outdoor kind of guy. I’m outside all the time, whether it’s walking the dog, working in the yard, or out dirt-biking with the boys… I’m outside. There’s no way I spend that much time inside.
Well…. do the math. If I leave the house at 7am to head to work, and I get home from work around 6pm or so… and I don’t leave the house until the following morning, then that’s 12+ hours at home… inside… that alone is 50% of the time. When I’m at the office I’m inside… at my martial arts dojo, I’m inside… doing sales quotes in other people’s homes, again… inside. It adds up very quickly.
But what does this all mean? The air that we are breathing is often very poor quality air.
As we build our houses tighter and tighter… more energy efficient, and cheaper to heat, we are in fact trapping the contaminants, chemicals, particulates, and otherwise polluted air in our homes. Many of these carcinogenic pollutants are undetectable. We cannot small them or taste them and most of the time, we have no idea that they are even in our homes.
Let me come and do a free indoor air quality assessment for you. If you live in the greater Ottawa area, I will pay you a visit on my dime. If we find nothing, you can rest your mind. If we do find issues, we will explore possible causes for the IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) problems. Some of these problems may be solved by changing habits, small changes… for little to no cost. Some solutions may be addressed by installing an air purification system, a ventilation system, such as an HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator) and/or by tempering humidity in the house. And as you guessed it, we do install these items.
Call me at 613-292-9573 for your free indoor air quality assessment.
John Chapin
www.climateworks.ca
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