Healthy Home Solutions

Is Your Home Making You Sick?

Home Energy Solution’s healthy home approach is a coordinated, comprehensive and holistic approach to preventing diseases and injuries that result from housing-related hazards, deficiencies and air quality issues usually caused by deficiencies in air sealing and proper insulation levels.

The term “healthy home” is commonly used today, but it’s not 100% clear what it means. Yes, we want everyone in our homes to be physically and mentally healthy—but how can the house itself be healthy? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a healthy home is a home that is “designed, built, renovated and maintained to support health” for its occupants.

More and more of our customers are concerned about their home’s overall environment. Toxins, pollutants, and other environmental factors are causing family members and pets to be sick and uncomfortable in the home.

Excess moisture in the home can cause mold and air quality issues which in turn could contribute to asthma, skin irritation, respiratory issues and allergic reactions. In fact, mold is one of the biggest, preventable, health risks you may encounter in your home.

Keeping your home at a consistent indoor temperature will reduce mold and other healthy home challenges. Air sealing and proper insulation levels is the key to making this possible.

Get an Estimate

The first step to making your home healthier is to get an estimate and then schedule a home energy audit. A home energy audit is an overall assessment of how everything in your home works together (or does not work together). Hiring a professional contractor with Building Performance Institute (BPI) certification, software tools and the knowledge and expertise to identify issues is the right first step.

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