Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Sick Buildings in the 70s: The Energy Crisis Impact

18 Jan 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube video by Aaron Hartman, MD explaining how federal energy-efficiency mandates during the 1970s energy crisis led to much tighter homes and buildings, reducing natural ventilation and contributing to so-called "sick buildings." The clip focuses on the unintended ventilation/indoor-air-quality consequences of making structures "super tight."

What happened in the 1970s with the energy crisis is there came down some federal mandates to mandate energy efficiency of homes. And so one of the effects of this was that houses and buildings became super tight. So what that means is that the buildings would not actually breathe. People who build houses and buildings knew they're supposed to breathe to get fresh air in and to get out toxic air.

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