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Healthy indoor climate Elumaja has convenient and healthy indoor climate
that is very suitable, among others, for people with allergies. The quality of
the indoor climate is determined by several factors that can be improve by a
careful choice of materials, the building’s structure and ventilation with a
heating element. | |
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Comfortably warm room The most important aspect of interior climate is heat comfort that is determined by:
| | Walls are warm Operative temperature during the winter is in the
18-20ºC range that shows good wall insulation, good heating technology
indicators of windows and doors, lack of thermal bridges and balanced division of indoor
temperature in the whole room. Low operative temperature ensures low costs
during the heating period. Sufficiently humid air Building’s air humidity is between 40-60%. The
increase of relative humidity of premises to over the dangerous 70% limit is
regulated with air ventilation. In achieving the quality of indoor air quality
in Elumaja, the structure and choice of finishing materials plays an
instrumental role. |
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Key criteria for choosing materials 1) We never use materials that pose health risks. All
material are either certified or processed at minimum and natural, their
composition ahs been checked and declared safe for health. All structural and
finishing materials are as environmentally friendly as possible and their
composition is verified. Interior finishing materials include wood, clay
plaster, natural oils, lime and casein paints | | 2) We avoid using materials that are based on oil
products or whose production process is energy-intensive (CO2 emission in the
production of material) such as plastics, mastics, silicon, laminated
materials, fibreboards glued with formaldehyde resins, etc 3) We avoid materials that cannot be re-cycled or safely disposed |