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Materials & Furnishings
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - What you need to know about LEED for Homes.
- Whether you’re a homebuyer or a renter looking for a green home, how do you know if a home is truly green?
- Phthalates are a group of chemicals used in the manufacture of plastics. Here's how they may affect your health.
- Phthalates are a group of chemicals used to soften and increase the flexibility of plastic and vinyl. They are used in hundreds of consumer products. Are they harmful?
- One of the newest lamp innovations is the LED (light emitting diode) lamp, also called a diode array bulb.
- Because of the odors and ingredients in most caulkings, it’s best to follow certain precautions when using them.
- Big house or small house? There are many rewards if you choose to downsize.
- The National Association of Home Builders recently launched the NAHB National Green Building Program, an education, verification and certification program that will allow builders anywhere to build green homes.
- A survey of local home building associations and recent updates reveal that more than 100,000 homes have been built and certified by voluntary, builder-supported green building programs around the country since the mid-1990s, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
- Outgassing refers to the release of gases during the aging and degradation of a material. These volatile organic compounds (VOCs) can negatively affect our health.
- Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are common indoor air pollutants. Being volatile, they evaporate easily, and being organic, they contain carbon.
- Ants, rodents, termites ... Keep what's bugging you outside – where it belongs.
- Can your house breathe?
- This report, provided by the Carpet and Rug Institute, showed that when equal amounts of test dust (ISO Fine Test Dust 12103-1, A2) were present on hard versus carpeted flooring, there was less dust driven airborne by the carpeted surface. See also the sidebar and the topics, "The Clean Trust Comments" and "Another Viewpoint on Carpet" and the sidebar, "Soiled Carpet Affects Indoor Air Quality".
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 30-39.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 40-47.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 48-54.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 55-63.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 64-71.
- Adapted from The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 Most Commonly Asked Questions. Questions 72-80.
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