4 Eco Services, a local air conditioning, plumbing, and heating company, is urging homeowners to check thermostat batteries as most HVAC units are running nearly nonstop during summer months.

4 Eco Services advises homeowners to consider using an air scrubber or an air purifier to improve indoor air quality and to help prevent the transmission of seasonal viruses.

AUTOCROP system now re-branded as HYVE™ to be most descriptive of company's indoor farming products.

Verdeat, a hydroponics-based indoor garden, that allows growth of high quality, flavorful vegetables and herbs, is about to join the Kickstarter this July. Highly independent, modular, and equipped with cutting-edge lighting and irrigation solution.

The MIG (Modular Indoor Garden) is innovating indoor hydroponic gardening with its smart vertical design allowing the gardener to grow up to 80 veggies, herbs, and microgreens all year round.

Company is positively disrupting the way the world grows and eats

By University of Illinois Extension In an era of increasing energy prices, many Americans insulate and seal up their homes during the winter months. Although this can result in savings on the monthly power bill, sealing the home can concentrate … Continue reading →

This invention relates to a multi-room air conditioning system with a plurality of indoor expansion valves. A method for sequencing the initialization of each indoor expansion valve upon system startup is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: 1. Initializing expansion valves corresponding to active indoor units,2. Turning on the compressor,3. Adjusting the indoor expansion valves corresponding to active indoor units,4. Initializing and adjusting indoor expansion valves corresponding to inactive indoor units.

A mobile purification device for purifying indoor air and/or fresh air, has a holder and a filter element having a particle-filtering and a gas-adsorbing region, the particle-filtering region having a filter medium and the filter element being received in the holder to purify indoor air and/or fresh air containing smoke and/or particles and is useful as a mobile purification device, filtering particle-polluted and/or smoke-polluted indoor air and/or fresh air as effectively as possible, with particulate, emitted contaminants being prevented as far as possible from being discharged from the gas-adsorbing region into a space, wherein the particle-filtering region faces a downstream side of the holder and in that the gas-adsorbing region faces an upstream side, which can be supplied with indoor air and/or fresh air polluted with smoke and/or particles.

A sorbent for CO2 reduction from indoor air from an enclosed space. In some embodiments, the sorbent comprises a solid support and an amine-based compound being supported by the support. The sorbent captures at least a portion of the CO2 within the indoor air. The sorbent may be regenerated by streaming outdoor air through the sorbent to release at least a portion of the captured CO2. The sorbent is structured to allow indoor air to flow therein with relatively low flow resistance and relatively rapid reaction kinetics. Regeneration may be performed at relatively low outdoor air temperatures, thereby minimizing the thermal energy required for regenerating the sorbent.

A wall-mounted air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing having a front housing and a rear housing, main air intake portions formed on the housing, a mixed air outlet formed on a lower portion of the front housing, a non-hot exchange air inlet formed on the rear housing, and an air delivery apparatus disposed inside the housing. The hot exchange air passage has an upper portion with a size greater than that of its lower portion. A volute and a centrifugal fan located inside the volute are disposed inside the housing and above the air delivery apparatus. An air output portion of the volute faces the hot exchange air passage, and includes a surrounding portion extending to the air delivery apparatus and surrounding the hot exchange air passages, and air mixed cavities are formed between the surrounding portion and the hot exchange air passages.

In this podcast, Thomas Domville gives us a demonstration of Clew for iOS. Clew is an AR indoor navigation app designed for visually impaired users to help them retrace their steps in unfamiliar environments.

‎Clew on the App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clew/id1268077870?mt=8

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Come join our April non-fools day Indoor Scavenger Hunt! Can you find all the things? Post a photo or poem etc of your finds, and suggest things for people to seek.

When it's miserable outside, you can still hit shots inside the recently opened Lounge by Topgolf in Kirkland, where plenty of virtual golf opportunities await.

THE DEEPER WE got into our isolation, the more I missed the old routines and simplicities of daily life. I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed making the kids’ lunches in the morning, or quiet time in a coffee shop to work alone, or watching baseball, or hands that didn’t crack and bleed from frequent […]

There are 350 different varieties of pasta. If my coronavirus lockdown in Italy lasts much longer, I may try them all.

The 2020 Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has created a new normal for much of the population — a daily routine that now means moving from the bedroom to the living room instead of battling a commute and logging hours in an office building. With the kids tackling remote learning and you working from home, the carbon dioxide to oxygen ratio under your roof is likely different than it was just a few months ago. After all, there’s no doubt that an increase in the number of people at home affects the overall indoor air quality (IAQ) within the space. With that in[...]

A constant connection to nature pervades the Home by the Park, a newly completed single-family residence that faces a park in the South Indian city of Hubballi. Bangalore-based practice 4site architects designed the house to engage views of the adjacent park from multiple floors and vantage points, while bringing the lush greenery indoors with the creation of a rain courtyard and landscaped terraces. The abundant plantings not only give the house a sense of tranquility but also create a cooling microclimate to counteract the region’s tropical climate.[...]

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SPIDERS can invade your home during the summer as they escape the heat from outside. But when do they come indoors and how can you protect your home against spiders?

W Series champion Jamie Chadwick talks about how she is finding life in lockdown, with exercise, Zoom chats and cooking helping to pass the time.

Wildlife conservation -- Australia.

A showman and all-star with the Milwaukee Wave, Canadian Ian Bennett is a marquee goal-scorer in the Major Arena Soccer League. Still, the 36-year-old Hamilton native flies under the radar north of the border.

Indoor tanning has gained widespread popularity among adolescents and young adults. Incidence rates of early-onset basal cell carcinoma also appear to be rising. Scant evidence exists on the impacts of early exposure and whether it leads to early occurrence of this malignancy.

In a US population-based study, indoor tanning was associated with an elevated risk of basal cell carcinomas occurring at or before the age of 50 years, with an increasing trend in risk with younger age at exposure among adolescents and young adults. (Read the full article)

Sept. 2, 2017 event moved from outdoors on the Dover Green to indoors at The Old State House.

Kinetic has tied up with three partners for the spraying and fogging machines which will be integrated on to their vehicles.

Extreme heat and humidity are increasing across the globe, threatening millions of lives and economies in places where it could become fatal to work outdoors, scientists said Friday.

Title: Indoor Athletes Often Lacking in Vitamin D
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The 36th edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to take place from March 5 to 7 next year in Torun, Poland.

Gas cookers making people sick and exposing tens of millions to air pollution levels that would be illegal if they were outside

Gas stoves are making people sick, contributing pollution that makes indoor air up to two to five times dirtier than outdoor air, according to a new report.

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Hydroponic systems for edible indoor gardens.

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Using a self-invented "multiluminous" painting process, this artist transforms ordinary rooms into starry environments.

The fully automated aquaponics system grows lettuces, herbs and small fruits right in your kitchen.

This aeroponic indoor gardening system from the Italian startup Hexagro is modular, scalable, and automated.