Healthy renovation products for healthy living

Accord­ing to a 2017 sur­vey, every tenth Ger­man was plan­ning to ren­ov­ate their homes with­in the next two years. Healthy liv­ing and good indoor cli­mate are becom­ing increas­ingly import­ant. But what do you need to keep in mind if you want to enjoy a “clean atmo­sphere” after renov­at­ing or com­pletely refur­bish­ing your home – for the sake of your health and that of our envir­on­ment? We provide answers.

1. Products used in our living space

Walls, ceil­ings and floors deserve spe­cial atten­tion since they account for the largest part of the liv­ing space sur­round­ing us at home. This makes it all the more import­ant to care­fully select the products used inside our own four walls. Adhes­ives, par­quet var­nishes, wall pan­els, fillers and insu­lat­ing under­lays – often, you hardly notice them in every­day life. If you use the right build­ing and install­a­tion mater­i­als, you can avoid symp­toms like head­aches and insom­nia, but also aller­gies and breath­ing prob­lems.

2. Certificates are time savers

In order to know which products emit poten­tially harm­ful sub­stances like VOCs, it is not neces­sary to check the ingredi­ents. Simply look out for reli­able eco seals on the pack­aging that cer­ti­fy the products to be low in harm­ful emis­sions. Cer­ti­fic­ates thus prove to be real time-savers. If you buy cer­ti­fied products for your home, you will later not need to worry about breath­ing in pol­luted indoor air. A pos­it­ive side-effect is that low-emis­­sion products not only improve your own well-being, but also have less impact on the envir­on­ment.