Your home – a healthy oasis of well-being

In Ger­many, there is a grow­ing trend towards build­ing apart­ments with more liv­ing space. As a res­ult, the area occu­pied by walls, floors and ceil­ings in our homes is also increas­ing. This, in turn, can lead to high­er emis­sions of harm­ful sub­stances accord­ing to inform­a­tion pub­lished by the Ger­man Fed­er­al Envir­on­ment­al Agency. It is there­fore essen­tial to use build­ing and install­a­tion mater­i­als that ensure healthy liv­ing so that res­id­ents can enjoy an oas­is of well-being in their own four walls.

Tip 1: Choose the right building materials

People spend most of their days indoors, sur­roun­ded by walls, floors and ceil­ings. It is exactly for this reas­on that we need to pay spe­cial atten­tion to choos­ing build­ing and install­a­tion products that ensure healthy liv­ing. Pos­sible emis­sions from the build­ing mater­i­als used in our homes – but also from floor cov­er­ings and fur­niture – may oth­er­wise cause ser­i­ous health prob­lems. Symp­toms like head­aches, sleep dis­orders, aller­gies or breath­ing prob­lems can be attrib­uted to the harm­ful sub­stances emit­ted by build­ing mater­i­als.

Tip 2: Regular (purge) ventilation

Espe­cially in new build­ings, pos­sible health prob­lems of the res­id­ents can be triggered by harm­ful emis­sions. Since newly built houses are more and more air­tight, nat­ur­al air exchange rates are decreas­ing. It is there­fore import­ant to ensure a daily exchange of air – in the warm­er sea­sons prefer­ably sev­er­al times a day. Purge or cross vent­il­a­tion peri­ods of 5 to 10 minutes help improve the indoor cli­mate and reduce high levels of air humid­ity. As a pos­it­ive side effect, also the risk of mold growth is reduced.