How to Design, Install, and Test a Perfect Kitchen Exhaust and Make Up Air System

Using Fantech's hood liner system (https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/exhaust-air-system/) and active make up air system (https://www.fantech.net/our-solutions/kitchen/makeup-air-systems/) with custom grilles from Stellar Air Vents (https://stellarairdecorativeventcovers.com/), we made our home a test lab for tuning indoor chemistry with state of the art ventilation. Thanks to LBNL’s Brett Singer for helping me get in high gear on this topic.

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Comparetto DIY Air Cleaner Filtration Rig

My friend Neil Comparetto came up with a very effective, very inexpensive way to clean air for less than $100. It's not fancy, but it works as well or better than many high-end air purifiers and filtration products 'they' are trying to sell you. The important thing is that it's a fan and a filter, which is all you should ask for in an air purifying device- nothing that 'destroys', 'eliminates', or 'sanitizes' using 'electronics', 'UV', or 'plasma'. Neil Comparetto's a great HVAC expert if you happen to be in Virginia: https://www.facebook.com/comparettocomfortsolutions/

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Attic Hatch Fix: First Steps

There should not be insulation fibers spilling out around your attic hatch or ladder. Here’s the first thing your contractor SHOULD have done, which is easy to do yourself. Attic insulation jobs have a reputation for being sloppy- they call them ‘blow and go’ contractors, and you should avoid those guys. Plenty of high quality insulation contractors out there who can even test their work with a blower door and infrared camera.

How to Test Indoor Air Quality

Corbett compares the Speck, Foobot, and CPS SmartAir IAQ indoor air quality monitors, and discusses why some measurements are more important than others.

Kitchen Exhaust Fan: #1 Tool to Heal Your HOMEChem

Grace and Corbett Lunsford demonstrate the best way to design and select your kitchen exhaust system, using the #TinyLab's own Broan ventilation components. The ACE130SS range hood (new model BCSEK1SS) paired with the 8" Make-Up Air Unit means perfect control over the indoor environment, the chemistry, and the health of their family.

More resources and tools at: http://Broan.com/learn

Heroes of HOMEChem: Marina Vance, Environmental Engineer

Meet Dr. Marina Vance, the Skeptic of HOMEChem. More at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/homechem Dr. Vance's research is focused on air quality, particularly on measuring emissions and understanding the dynamics of aerosols in the context of ambient and indoor air quality.

Heroes of HOMEChem: Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Chemical Engineer

Dr. Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz is an Assistant Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering and at the Center for Energy and Environmental Resources at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests lie in atmospheric chemistry and the effects of physicochemical processing of pollutants on human exposure and health.

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Heroes of HOMEChem: Delphine Farmer, Atmospheric Chemist

Meet Dr. Delphine Farmer, Co-Principal Investigator for HOMEChem, and the team's ToolMaker. More at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/homechem

Understand HOMEChem in 30 Seconds or Less

From the video team that created Home Diagnosis comes the documenting of HOMEChem (House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's historic indoor chemistry campaign at the University of Texas at Austin. Learn more at: https://HomeDiagnosis.tv/homechem