While you can’t change the humidity levels outdoors, you can take steps to control humidity levels inside your home. This can improve your comfort and health, and can even prevent damage to home ...

Person adjusting a dehumidifier to control humidity levels - Marioguti/Getty Images Is your house humid even with the air conditioning on? Investing in a dehumidifier could help, as they are able to ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of the Royal Society, researchers found that indoor relative humidity (RH) modulates the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks, and ...

Numerous studies have shown that the indoor temperature and relative humidity at workplace significantly impacts workers’ comfort and productivity. The first step towards optimizing these two ambient ...

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The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us all that indoor air quality matters, and that indoor spaces need clean air in order to protect the health and well-being of the people inside them. One of the key ...

Scientists, including experts from Harvard and Yale, have launched a petition calling on the World Health Organization to provide guidance on indoor air quality in the battle against coronavirus. “As ...

You may have noticed that humidity (the amount of water vapor in the air) makes a difference in how comfortable you feel outside. When the humidity is high in the summer we say it is "muggy." When it ...

Being healthy and productive at home, on the factory floor, at the office—or even at the beach—requires being in a comfortable environment. That certainly includes a comfortable temperature, but the ...

The hygrometer is the instrument that measures relative humidity, the humidity is relative to the air temperature. This can confuse people because if you hold the ACTUAL water vapor constant but heat ...