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According to the EPA, indoor environments can be 3-5 times more polluted than the outdoors--and

Americans are spending 90% of their time indoors on average. The EPA has also listed poor indoor environmental quality as a top-five health threat. 

 

Now for the good news. You can improve your IEQ (Indoor Environmental Quality) by installing insulation.

Many fiber glass building insulation products are certified by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute as low emitting building materials, providing independent third-party assurance of their low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions.

Did you know an efficient way to reduce noise in a home or building is by adding insulation? Insulation is one of the best building materials on the market today to absorb sound and reduce outside or room-to-room noise.

 

Fiber glass insulation with a vapor retarder facing helps prevent condensation. The vapor retarder acts as protection against the flow of moist air through the insulation, where it can condense and lead to mold and corrosion problems within the structure. Fiber glass insulation can help minimize potential condensation problems in attics, floors, and walls.

 

Controlling moisture is critical to a healthy indoor environment. In addition to insulation: sufficient ventilation must be designed into the home to reduce excessive water vapor build-up within the home.

Ventilation of building sections is necessary so that excessive water vapor is dissipated to the outdoor air.

 

Construction materials should limit water vapor transmission into building cavities.

Think about breathing easier.

 

Insulation significantly reduces energy consumption, as discussed elsewhere in this site. This impacts our pocketbooks and our environment - but also our health on a personal level. Energy saved greatly reduces the amount of sulfur oxide, nitrous oxide and fine particle matter that is released into the atmosphere from power plants. So, increasing insulation levels means thousands of fewer asthma attacks and respiratory ailments each year according to a recent Harvard study.

These emissions reductions would also result in fewer restricted activity days per year (days in which an individual is not able to do their normal activities because they are feeling sick due to pollution-related illnesses).