Healthier wall

Healthier Wall, Fresher Air

The air we breathe impact our health. We spend about 90% of our time indoor, daily, and we usually think it is safer and healthier to stay indoor. However, in study conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor air is 2 to 5 times, and sometimes can be 100 more polluted than outdoor air, which poses greater health risks.

Look around our surroundings, in our homes and our office buildings. 80% surrounded by closed walls. An enclosed building itself causes health hazard. Most building materials around us contain formaldehyde, VOC which are classified under as the pollutants which can cause lung cancer.

Whether we like it our not, most office buildings are air-conditioned and not as well ventilated as we would like. With poor ventilations, the discharge of chemical substances from the furniture, various contruction materials would cause sore eyes and sore throats, and thus causing allergy and asthma.

Indoor air quality (IAQ) refers to the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of air in the indoor environment within a house, building, an institution or commercial facility. Factors influencing indoor air quality include the following.

Factors influencing indoor air quality include the following.

* Inadequate supply of outside air, i.e. ventilation of air
* Contamination arising from sources within the building (e.g., combustion products including carbon monoxide and environmental tobacco smoke; volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde, VOC which are cancerous, from building materials, fabric furnishings, carpet, adhesives, fresh paint, new paneling, and cleaning products; ozone from office equipment; mold from water damage).
* Microbial contamination of ventilation systems or building interiors. Poor indoor air quality in your home, school or workplace can cause a number of health problems, such as asthma, allergies, coughing, wheezing, dizziness, nausea, headaches, inability to concentrate, short-term memory loss and hyperactivity. Babies and children may be especially vulnerable to the poor air quality.

While there is no universal solution, there are complementary ways to control aspects of our indoor air quality. Usually the most effective way to improve indoor air quality is to minimize or eliminate the use of products and materials that cause indoor pollution, employ good hygiene practices to minimize biological and chemical contaminants and use good housekeeping practices to control particles, dust, pollen, bacteria and mold.

Japanese Wall with diatomaceous earth, which is a natural material from the riverbed and marine, is created for those who would appreciate natural beauty, zen and healthy environments. Japanese wall is made up of natural sand, natural clay, diatomaceous earth and straw.

It is a healthy alternative of paint and wallpaper which is not only filters bad air, but also easy to maintain. Most importantly, Japanese Wall is a Non VOC, Non-Formaldehyde water-based materials which is also a good heat insulator and humidity controller.

Controlling the home environment is a very important part of asthma and allergy care. Breathing clean indoor air promotes good health, more energy, better sleep and helps prevent chronic respiratory diseases later in life, thereby living longer with a healthy lifestyle. It becomes help of the health problem cancellation which is represented in crotch lining house syndrome, maintains kind clean interior environment at the person.


JapaneseWall: Uncovering our Surroundings