Health Canada residential guidelines
Canada publishes its own per-pollutant residential indoor-air guidelines. They are tighter than EPA on NOâ‚‚ and similar on PMâ‚‚.â‚….
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Climate zone effects
The same reading means different things in cold-dry, hot-humid, and temperate climates. The interpretation adjusts.
Canadian Air Quality Health Index
Canada uses a 0–10+ health-risk index instead of the US 0–500 AQI. Different math, different recommendations, same goal.
Tree pollens, regional
A short list of headline genera covers the broad strokes, but tree pollens vary by region. Oak in the South, cedar in Texas, maple in the Northeast, birch in the North.
Evaporative coolers ("swamp coolers"): cool air, high humidity
Common in the desert Southwest, evaporative coolers add 20-40 grains of moisture to the air for every degree of cooling. Different dynamics than AC, and a different humidity playbook.
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