Moisture problems can lead to mold or damage to wall coverings, and maybe more. As we improve the tightness of our homes, we should be concerned with indoor air quality as well. The first step is dealing with humidity.

Letting my thoughts wander on what could be done to make a home sustainable.

A town home in Houston presents an air conditioning problem, which comes under energy efficiency, but standard answers for a home may not suffice.

Do we think about how we use space when making decisions on how to change our homes?

In older homes, return air ducts are typically just a cavity in the wall, which is not energy efficient.

Liquid roof coatings are becoming easier to find, and elastomeric coatings may be a wave of the future.

A green home may mean different things to various organizations, and you may find that one organization or another states that the product you are using does not mean you are being green.

Could being green make your neighbors see red? Sometimes being an early adapter of sustainable technologies may make you the object of scorn.

Some home designs cause attic layouts which need ventilation help. Installing a solar powered attic vent can be a great solution.

Any break in you insulation allows for a great reduction in your energy efficiency, but you may not realize it, there could be a good number of breaks in your attic insulation.