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Materials & Furnishings
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) announced in November 2008 the initiation of a comprehensive product emissions standard for indoor products.
- The National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)has done extensive research into the outgassing of materials used in spacecraft; many of the products we routinely build houses of simply cannot be used in a spacecraft because of excessive outgassing.
- One of the most important ideas to emerge in recent years is the concept that a house is much more than an assemblage of materials. Instead, building scientists and researchers now view a house as an interactive system.
- EPA allows safer products to carry the Design for the Environment (DfE) label. This mark allows consumers to quickly identify and choose products that can help protect the environment and are safer for families.
- Should you only choose “all-natural” products? It might seem like the right thing to do.
- The most important step to take in building or remodeling a house is to eliminate toxic materials as often as possible.
- The second principle of healthy construction involves separating unhealthy materials from the air you breathe.
- The third principle of healthy design involves ventilation.
- EPA has added an indoor air quality component to the already well-known Energy Star program—the Energy Star Indoor Air Package (IAP).
- The unvarnished truth about wood finishes, and how to make healthier choices.
- Viewing the whole house as an integrated system helps.
- With the ill effects of poor indoor air quality often in the news these days, it pays to
design and build a house that’s healthy from the start.
- Besides holding up the house, a foundation is also a connection between the soil and living space. How this connection is made is important for the health of the occupants and the durability of the house.
- Making your home a greener place is a commitment – to yourself, your family, your community and the world. But more than that, it is a learning process.
- Vinyl flooring can certainly outgas (emit) potentially bothersome chemical odors and VOCs, but it also offers a relatively impenetrable, smooth surface—one that’s water-resistant, unable to harbor dust mites, pollen grains, and mold spores, and one that’s easy to sweep and wash clean.
- The results of bake-outs are, at best, mixed.
- What is known about tight construction, why it is a good idea, and how it is integral to systematic house design and construction.
- Many commercial mattresses are manufactured using polyurethane, synthetic fabrics, chemical fire retardants, toxic dyes, formaldehyde and stain-resistant chemicals. These chemicals are outgassed over time, and can expose skin and lungs to potentially toxic substances, causing allergic reactions and other health problems.
- While a school building should be an ideal place for children to develop, thrive and learn, recent studies have found that poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is affecting children's health and their ability to learn.
- Study finds healthy, efficient homes increasingly accessible to all.
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