Case Studies

Case Studies

Healthy Homes of Louisiana utilizes the latest state of the art monitoring systems (short term and long term) to ensure proper building performance. From temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, oxygen, formaldehyde and numerous other VOCs.

Check out some of our monitoring studies below.

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Testing Air Flow

Healthy Homes of Louisiana tested the air flow of home. Upon inspection, we discovered a loose duct in the attic and an excessive amount of excess flex duct. Once fixed, all areas were balanced properly.

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Humidity in Foam - Insulated Homes Part 1

Healthy Homes of Louisiana monitored 3 foam insulated homes for a year. During the 12 months, we monitored the temperature and relative humidity in both the living space and attic of the 3 homes.

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East vs North

A note worth illustrating... attached is the difference in the roof decking temperatures during the last week here in Louisiana where the outdoor temps reached a "sunny" high temp of 85 degree ambient!

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Monitoring Foam Houses

This report contains some of the observations made at the end of the first full year of monitoring the living space, attic space and wood moisture content of the roof decking in 3 open cell foam insulated homes in north Louisiana.

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Spray Foam Insulation

Spray Foam Insulation... Is it Worth the Investment? I’m often asked, “is spray foam really worth the investment?”. Well the correct answer is that every building is different and in order to know for sure, the calculations have to be done.

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