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Air & Habitat

Air, Ventilation, Thermal Comfort

A clearer way to read a house

Air & Habitat

Air, Ventilation, Thermal Comfort

Air & Habitat is a new independent English editorial publication about home air, ventilation and thermal comfort. We publish reader questions and evidence-based explainers that help you plan, compare and maintain a healthier indoor environment.

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HA

Home Air

Understand what is in your indoor air and how to reduce it without guesswork.

VE

Ventilation

Learn how fresh air moves through a home and how to improve it practically.

A residential utility closet photographed in daylight, showing a compact ventilation unit mounted to the wall with two insulated flex ducts running upward, a clean air filter access panel, and a small handwritten maintenance label taped to the side of the housing.

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What Is a Whole-House Fresh Air System?

A whole-house fresh air system brings in a steady amount of outdoor air to dilute indoor contaminants. Here is how it works and how it gets tested.

TC

Thermal Comfort

Make sense of heating, cooling, humidity and the feeling of comfort.

A photograph of a clipboard on a kitchen table holding a printed room-by-room worksheet with blank fields, next to a laser distance measurer, a pencil and a folded floor plan sketch of a small house, photographed in soft daylight.

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Manual J: What Homeowners Should Understand

Manual J is the load calculation behind correct HVAC sizing. Learn why square-foot rules of thumb fail and what a real calculation accounts for.

A photograph of a residential mechanical closet showing a compact furnace cabinet beside a copper refrigerant line set running toward an outdoor heat pump, with a small labeled switchover control mounted on the wall and a notepad on a shelf.

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Dual Fuel Systems: Heat Pump Plus Furnace

A dual fuel system pairs a heat pump with a furnace and switches by temperature or cost. Learn what it is, when it fits, and what to ask.

Further reading

Across the aisle

Read at the desks around ours.

a studio that draws houses for the sun

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a studio that draws houses for the sun

House design still decides half the load before any equipment runs: a studio that draws houses for the sun shows what orientation and shading do before a compressor ever starts.

a residential desk that keeps house files

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a residential desk that keeps house files

The house file matters beyond the sale: a residential desk that keeps house files treats a home as a record of systems, which is exactly how air sealing should be approached.

a lighting bench thinking in glow and watts

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a lighting bench thinking in glow and watts

Comfort is not only thermal: a lighting bench thinking in glow and watts reminds us that the feeling of a room is engineered from several invisible systems at once.

a works register drawn before the walls

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a works register drawn before the walls

On real sites the services come first: a works register drawn before the walls is the same lesson a duct sealing job teaches, access decides quality.

a bench of fine setting tools

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a bench of fine setting tools

Precision work starts with what the hand holds: a bench of fine setting tools belongs to the same culture as a well-seated filter, where the gasket matters as much as the rating.

maps counterfeit markets, licensing rules

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maps counterfeit markets, licensing rules

For readers weighing a jersey from an overseas listing, an independent publication maps counterfeit markets, licensing rules and buyer questions in plain language, without selling anything or speaking for any league or team.

noticing sound and image craft

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noticing sound and image craft

Readers who want to watch a short Canadian film with more attention will find plain guidance on choosing one focused question, noticing sound and image craft, and holding a useful conversation afterward.

independent editorial magazine

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independent editorial magazine

Readers curious about Dutch-language culture and daily life in Belgium will find an independent editorial magazine with essays, practical guides and literary pieces, plus careful sourcing and a clear line between editorial content and illustrative AI images.