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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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It’s All Relative… Humidity

Florida’s got a lot of great qualities: some pretty neat wildlife, beaches all around, and theme parks. On the flip side, Florida also has hurricanes and a lot of humidity. As much of a pain as it might be for residents and contractors alike, humidity is one of my favorite topics. We see relative humidity […]

The Heating Sequence of Operations and Onions

Just like Shrek, I like to think about the heating sequence of operations as an onion—it has layers. And each layer builds upon the previous one. We have written previously in great detail about gas furnaces, from top to bottom. I want to focus today on why there is a sequence of operations and how […]

Electronic Expansion Valve Troubleshooting

Electronic expansion valves (or EEVs) are metering devices that you’ll find in a variety of modern HVAC equipment, including heat pumps, VRF units, inverter mini splits, and chillers. This valve is electronic rather than mechanical and can precisely control the flow of refrigerant into the evaporator and optimize efficiency for heating and cooling units. Other […]

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, […]