On the morning of June 7, 2023, New York City woke to a sky of orange haze as the smoke from Canadian wildfires blew in from hundreds of miles away. It was a health hazard - city authorities said the air quality had not been as bad since the 1960s. That day, Chad Dickerson, a former CEO of Etsy, put up a number of air quality monitors around his Brooklyn townhouse. “It was pretty much 100 percent pure the whole time,” he says. Dickerson’s house escaped the intense wildfire smoke because of one c

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  • kata1yst
    36·
    24 hours ago

    Usually passive houses come with some sort of air exchanger system. Fresh air with minimal efficiency impact.

    • DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee
      21·
      23 hours ago

      Yes, there are devices that allow one to exchange air, while scavenging heat, so there is very little loss. Couple that with decent air filtration HEPA, etc, and you can maintain your indoor air quality.