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Nikki Krueger

Company name: Santa Fe Indoor Air Quality Solutions

Position: Director of Marketing & Business Development

Nikki Krueger is the Director of Marketing & Business Development for Therma-Stor’s residential indoor air quality brand – Santa Fe freestanding dehumidifiers and whole house ventilating dehumidifiers. She has been involved in the indoor air quality industry for over 20 years. She is a RESNET-certified home energy rater, a member of the ACCA Manual Low Load Homes (LLH) Advisory Committee, sits on the building envelope committee for the Spray Polyurethane Foam Association, has completed the ACCA Residential Design for Quality Installation Certification, and recently served on the 2024 National Green Building Standard update committee.

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3-Phase Motors—The Basics

Fundamentally, three-phase, alternating current (AC) motors are about as simple as a motor gets. The power company produces three phases by spinning magnets. Then, on the other end, we produce electromagnets that spin the motor according to the same 60 cycles per second frequency (60hz). All three phases are 120 degrees out of phase from […]

A Tale of Two Latents

When the quiz or the teacher asks what “latent” heat is, there is generally some reference to it being hidden heat, which is what the word “latent” means. We then learn that it is heat energy transferred that results in a change of state rather than a temperature change. Later on, we hear a lot […]

Solving Subcool

I teamed up with Ty Branaman to design an intuitive way for techs to solve some of the “what should it be?” questions in the HVAC field. The topic for this sheet is subcooling. Subcooling is a measurement of the temperature DECREASE of a liquid below its saturation (mixed liquid/vapor) temperature at a given pressure. […]

Dehumidification Hootenanny

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Vented Crawl Spaces Don’t Work

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An IAQ & Dehum Case Study w/ Genry & Nikki

Nikki Krueger and Genry Garcia return to the podcast to talk about a recent IAQ & dehumidification case study on a vintage home in Miami. The home was very clean but had a musty odor and VOC concerns. You can read the case study in the “Literature” section at https://www.santa-fe-products.com/about-us/media-resources/. Blower door tests and ZPD […]

Dehumidification Facts w/ Nikki

In today’s podcast, Nikki and Bryan discuss dehumidification. They cover the relationship between cooling and dehumidification, humidity control, and dehumidifier installation practices. If the A/C unit is the king, the dehumidifier is the queen. The A/C unit controls cooling and humidity, but it can only do so much. A dehumidifier helps the A/C manage comfort […]

Real Indoor Air Quality w/ Nikki from UltraAire

Nikki Krueger joins us to talk about how humidity impacts indoor health and some ways to make our indoor air quality better (for real). Indoor air quality is all about manipulating the air in our homes to reduce pollutants and keep our air quality high. From air dilution to running bath fans to air purifiers, […]