Smoke / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

A hazy New York, New York, skyline & bridge colored by orange wildfire smoke
Healthy indoor air quality

How to protect your home & family from wildfire smoke

...smoke is a bigger threat than first thought That hazy sky and the faint smell of smoke on the wind have become an unwelcome, yet familiar, part of summer for millions of us. For years, we've treated smoke and heatwaves as separate issues, but groundbreaking new research focused specifically on Vancouver, B.C., reveals ...

Wildfire Smoke & How to Keep it Outside Homes
Healthy indoor air quality

How to keep wildfire smoke out of homes with mechanical ventilation systems

...smoke southwards.  Wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are causing heavy smoke in the Midwest USA in May and June of 2025 In previous years, as over 24 wildfires raged across Alberta, and there were more than 568 fires active overall in Canada, (281 of which are classified as 'out of control' according to the C...