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Our blog features two types of posts. We believe in supporting local business when possible. So you will occasionally find very random tips from local business owners along with our own tips and thoughts. In our posts you'll find ways to save energy, save yourself heartache when doing renovations, and choose equipment. We hope to keep this fairly varied though and filled with points and information you won't hear in other places. If you're a small business owner especially living in the Kanata or Ottawa area, and would like to post something here, please send us an email and get in touch with us!

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The Mysterious Ventilator - Condensate on Windows

Since you read our last post and now know how your air exchanger works, you can begin to understand the debate and differing viewpoints/advice on how to set them. Let’s begin by talking about Relative Humidity. Basically the colder something is, the less moisture it can hold before it becomes condensation or basically, water. The hotter something is, the more moisture it can hold before it becomes water. There’s way more water in the air on a hot 30 degree C day at 90% RH tha

The Mysterious Ventilators

– aka hrv, erv, or “the hvac” as many mistakenly call them - Shrouded in fog and the deeply hidden secret files of the Illuminati, the hrv (heat recovery ventilator) is often introduced to homeowners when they walk in to their new home and, for the first time, they see a control on the wall they don’t recognize. Lots of people will tell you what to do with them, but they only give you settings advice without telling you what it actually does. So let’s have a look at different