Passive House Podcast Ep. 147: John Semmelhack, IAQ and Wildfire Smoke

Passive House Podcast co-host Zack Semke catches up with John Semmelhack, co-owner of the Comfort Squad based in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a member of the Phius Technical Committee. John shares an immediate, triage solution to keeping indoor air clean (the Corsi-Rosenthal cube) as well as a long-term, structural solution (Passive House airtightness and ventilation with high-performance filtration). Listen to learn about short-term triage solutions as well as longer-term structural solutions in buildings.

Checkout the video version of the interview on Reimagine Buildings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO_nnTASOAE

Comfort Squad:
https://www.comfortsquad.us/

Corsi-Rosenthal Fan Resources:
https://corsirosenthalfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Build-a-Box-Eng-1.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=201&v=H2YELPNsImk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fcleanaircrew.org%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw7fUMhNov8&t=300s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7eL2OAnqc8&t=131s

Upcoming Events:
https://passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/passive-house-weekly-july-10th-2023

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