Design for Mold Resistance and Resilience

Basics

• A Part of Design for X
• While it can complicate Cost Reductions in Materials (ie Design for Cost ), and may entail certain Occupational Health + Indoor Air Quality concerns to be investigated, and if necessary managed, Mold Remediation is intensive, and in Wood Framed Housing, can also be Destructive to the structure itself
• Thus designing structures with Preventing and Managing Mold in mind is worth considering
• TLDR User: Eric watched this video and as someone in a non-HEV house got spooked being in florida

Aspects

Moisture

• Positive Pressure Ventilation vs Negative Pressure Ventilation
• The Interaction of Air Conditioning , Humidity + Dew Point , and Rain Shedding / Gutters, and overall roof ventilation etc

Material Biodegradability / Mold Vulnerability

• Paper Backed Drywall vs other options
  • Need to investigate this more
• Additives akin to Pressure Treated Wood may address this sufficiently