Improved Indoor Air Quality in 5 Simple Steps
As you may know, we’ve had an extremely harsh summer here in California (and along the west coast) with an outrageous number of fires. These fires have lead to very poor air quality. In fact, at one point, numerous cities along the Western U.S. were being reported as having the worst air quality in the […]
Correlation Between Indoor Air Pollution and Plants
If your apartment is filled with plants, you already know about the multiple benefits these wonderful things bring. Besides making your home look a lot better, there’s a strong link between air pollution and plants. And even though new studies suggest plants don’t have the extended air purifying features we thought, having them in your […]
The Ultimate Guide To Indoor Air Quality At Home
We do everything we can to make our homes as comfortable as possible. Most of the time, this involves selecting the right furniture, keeping the thermostat at the proper temperature, and choosing the ideal color scheme to set the mood. Over the last few decades, many of us are also concerned with making our homes […]
7 Actions to Take in Honor of World Environment Day
The focus of this year’s World Environment Day is taking action to #BeatAirPollution. As air pollution continues to get worse and worse in many parts of the world, it is important we take action and make changes geared towards reducing our environmental impact. Before we go into the actions you can take, today and every […]
Can Air Conditioners Be Used to Help Clean Up Indoor Air Pollution?
Indoor air is unclean, stale and filled with pollutants. Compared to outdoor air, the air inside your home is ten times more contaminated. Many of the pollutants we inhale in our homes come from outdoors through windows, while others are from different sources inside our homes. Poor indoor air quality can be risky as it […]
What If Lingering Vehicle Emissions Were Visible to the Human Eye?
It’s a well-known fact the emissions from cars are harmful, but we sometimes forget just how harmful, and just how much we are surrounded by these fumes. We have all been walking down a busy high-street and been overcome by the smell of exhaust fumes from cars passing by – whilst the air may look […]
How Technology Can Help Control Air Pollution
In the past century and a half, air quality around the world has grown less and less healthy. One prominent example is sulfur dioxide emissions, demonstrated by this chart, which spans more than 150 years. As more than 4 million people die every year due to ambient (outdoor) air pollution, it is clear poor air […]
Ways the Oil & Gas Industry is Trying to Become More Sustainable and Green
When you think of the oil industry, environmentalism and sustainability are probably not the two words that come to mind. Nevertheless, we are living in an increasingly eco-friendly world, where both the residential as well as the commercial realm are adopting and implementing green practices in order to create a safer living and working environment, […]
3 Ways To Improve Your Indoor Air Quality Naturally
Providing the best for loved ones comes naturally to any head of the family. Homeowners go through great lengths to ensure the comfort and safety of their household. Did you know the quality of indoor air is often worse than the air outside? Many factors make the air inside your home unhealthy. In fact, there […]
Will Autonomous Trucks Help the Industry Become Environmentally Friendly?
It is easy to dismiss the notion of self-driving vehicles as a pipe dream, but it isn’t. It’s closer to reality than most people think, with fully autonomous cars, buses, and trucks possibly on the road in a couple of years from now. And if that seems a rather optimistic prognosis, then consider this Tech Emergence […]