Principles for Building a Healthy New Home

This four-part series provides practical information to help you build a healthy home.

February — Design #1: Location, orientation, foundations and insulation. April — Design #2: Water management, drainage, eaves, gutters and roofs. June — Management #1: Humidity, ventilation and dust.

A healthy home starts with good decisions long before the first wall goes up. Getting orientation, insulation and water management right makes a house more comfortable, more durable and far cheaper to run.