Healthy indoor air guaranteed

People com­plain­ing of fatigue or head­aches at home and suf­fer­ing from irrit­a­tions of the mucous mem­branes or aller­gies may find the cause in poor indoor air. Build­ing mater­i­als, paints, but also fur­niture can emit harm­ful sub­stances and thus pol­lute the indoor cli­mate. These days, newly built houses are increas­ingly air­tight. As a res­ult, the nat­ur­al exchange of air is less fre­quent. This increases the risk of such health com­plaints. In addi­tion to reg­u­lar vent­il­a­tion, it is there­fore import­ant to choose build­ing mater­i­als with qual­ity seals like EMICODE^® for con­struc­tion and renov­a­tion work. These are cer­ti­fied to be largely free of chem­ic­al pol­lut­ants and ensure a healthy liv­ing envir­on­ment.

In Ger­many, people’s interest in their phys­ic­al well-being is con­tinu­ously grow­ing. This not only shows in the increas­ing sales of organ­ic food. When buy­ing build­ing products, eight out of ten Ger­mans make sure that they are healthy for liv­ing and envir­on­ment­ally friendly. This is the res­ult of the study “Wohnge­sund­heit Deutsch­land” car­ried out in 2018/2019 by BENZ24 and the mar­ket research insti­tute Innofact. About two thirds of those sur­veyed put their trust in qual­ity seals. How­ever, these seals are often gran­ted to eco­lo­gic­al products, which are not neces­sar­ily healthy for liv­ing. Although they are made of sus­tain­able raw mater­i­als, they are not always free of harm­ful sub­stances.

Accord­ing to the “Wohnge­sund­heit Deutsch­land” study, the major­ity (92 per­cent) of people con­sider paper wall­pa­per as harm­less. If the paper comes from sus­tain­able sources, it can cer­tainly be eco­lo­gic­al. But if the humid­ity at home is too high because the rooms cool down in winter or are insuf­fi­ciently vent­il­ated, there is a high risk of mold growth on the wall­pa­per. If you want to live in a healthy home with unpol­luted air, make sure to choose the right build­ing mater­i­als. This applies in par­tic­u­lar to the mater­i­als used on walls and floors like car­pets, par­quet, vinyl and oth­ers.

No mat­ter which floor cov­er­ing you choose, expert pre­par­a­tion of the sub­strate is key. If you want to pre­vent dam­age, mold or odors caused by the floor struc­ture, the sub­floor should be level, sound, clean and dry. It is best to con­sult a pro­fes­sion­al floor lay­er who can assess the con­di­tion of the sub­floor and knows exactly how to pro­ceed. It is import­ant to use the right mater­i­als for pre­par­ing the sub­strate, but also for works car­ried out on walls and ceil­ings. The mater­i­als should have the low­est pos­sible emis­sions in order to max­im­ize air hygiene.