{"podcast":{"title":"The Holistic Homes Podcast","slug":"the-holistic-homes-podcast-6840479","podcast_index_feed_id":6840479,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-holistic-homes/","website_url":"https://the-holistic-homes.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cb7c827a-34ce-48d4-a61a-3a2ae1a9cc8a/oOUZ_SeRtYpn5kOAAYM59YOo.png","author":"Christine Cimabue | Holistic Construction Consultant","episode_count":63,"summary":"Welcome to The Holistic Homes Podcast, the place for homeowners who are considering a new build or renovation and are ready to take the power of their home’s health into their own hands. Building failures are happening everyday, Yes! even in new construction. I don’t want that for you, so I’m here as your holistic construction resource to guide you thru it all. I’m your host Christine Cimabue, and I’m a licensed contractor and holistic construction consultant. Everyday I hear stories about people moving into their dream home, only to realize months later that faulty construction is negatively effecting their health. This situation breaks my heart and I believe in empowering people to speak up in every step of the process. This podcast is where real, confident and stress free healthy home building begins! Best of all, you don’t have to learn how to be contractor to effectively communicate your healthy home vision to your contractor or design team. I’ll show you how! Join us as we chat about everything from mold prevention to the effects of different lighting on your health. What should you be asking your contractor? What's the best performing building materials? and how to spot red…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T06:17:58.328798+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-homes-podcast-6840479"},"episode":{"title":"3 Steps To Healthy Indoor Air | Ep. 35","slug":"3-steps-to-healthy-indoor-air-ep-35","published_at":"2026-06-09T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-homes-podcast-6840479/3-steps-to-healthy-indoor-air-ep-35","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-homes-podcast-6840479","url":"https://the-holistic-homes.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9327e1fd-bf4b-4348-8c80-2d708bdf04e6.mp3","summary":"Build a healthier home with aligned professionals nationwide using our free Holistic Homes Directory 🏡🌱 https://holistichomesdirectory.com/ Want to apply to be listed in the Holistic Homes Directory? DM me APPLY on Instagram 📩 https://www.instagram.com/holistichomes.bychristine If you think building a “high-performance” home automatically means you’ll have healthy indoor air quality, you may be making one of the biggest mistakes in modern construction. I’ve seen homes with premium materials, airtight construction, and luxury finishes still end up with contaminated air, humidity problems, mold inside ductwork, and unhealthy living conditions because the mechanical system was treated like an afterthought. Today, I’m sharing the three decisions that will determine your home’s indoor air quality for the next 30 years — and why your mechanical strategy needs to work hand-in-hand with your building enclosure from day one. In 2025 alone, my team has consulted on healthy home projects nationwide, from large-scale renovations in cold climates to custom new builds in Southern California and beyond. One of the biggest patterns I continue to see is that even high-end homes are being designed without proper mechanical calculations, without airtightness targets, and without a long-term filtration and humidity strategy. I routinely walk into projects where no Manual J, Manual D, or Manual S calculations were ever completed — despite homeowners investing hundreds of thousands or millions into their homes. I walk through a real project where a large renovation was already under construction before anyone had established the home’s airtightness target or properly designed the mechanical system around it. The ductwork and equipment were simply based on “a similar sized home,” which is an…","meta_description":"Build a healthier home with aligned professionals nationwide using our free Holistic Homes Directory 🏡🌱 https://holistichomesdirectory.com/ Want to apply…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1188,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-holistic-homes-podcast-6840479/episodes/3-steps-to-healthy-indoor-air-ep-35/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-homes-podcast-6840479/3-steps-to-healthy-indoor-air-ep-35.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}