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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - When it comes to cleaning products, the choices we make, the way we use them, and how we dispose of them has a big impact on the environment.
- A major study published in Human Reproduction (January 2009), a European reproductive medicine journal, has found that pregnant women and women of child-bearing age in the United States are at greater risk than previously thought for infertility and reproductive problems as result of exposure to the toxic Teflon chemical PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid).
- While green products are on the rise, consumers must be wary of misleading "green" claims.
- According to DOE’s Building America program data, typical, residential ductwork efficiency is about 67%. That means that if you install a 90% efficient furnace, your system efficiency would be just over 60%. Another way to look at this is that ducts lose 25–40% of the energy that moves through them. Just from a practical standpoint it makes sense to improve the delivery system. Shorter, straighter, better engineered and installed ductwork will improve delivery efficiency.
- Millions of Americans are drinking water contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical that came to national attention in the 2000 feature film Erin Brockovich.
- The American Academy of Environmental Medicine recently released its position paper on electromagnetic field (EMF) and radiofrequency (RF) health effects calling for immediate caution regarding smart meter installations.
- The net cost of owning a green home can be comparable to that of owning a conventional home – sometimes even less.
- Few topics generate as much passion, and as much heated controversy, as the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
- An energy mortgage increases a consumer’s buying power.
- If you want to use safer, less-toxic pest-control alternatives, there are quite a few available.
- Designing healthy homes for the elderly.
- The National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2008) for all residential construction work including single-family homes, apartments and condos, land development and remodeling and renovation has been approved by the American National Standards Institute.
- A better way to get rid of roaches.
- Energy auditors may use thermography—or infrared scanning—to detect thermal defects and air leakage in building envelopes.
- Typical duct systems lose 25 to 40 percent of the heating or cooling energy put out by the central furnace, heat pump, or air conditioner.
- Help for cleaning green from Sierra Club Green Home.
- UL Environment Inc. was created in response to the increase demand for environmentally sustainable products, and its services will help industries and the public make sense of "green" claims while helping manufacturers maintain transparency and credibility in the marketplace.
- Universal design strives to be a broad-spectrum solution that helps everyone, not just people with disabilities.
- What if residential color schemes offered more than personal expression? Could they make a home safer to live in?
- By making just a few small changes to your daily routine, you can save a significant amount of water.
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