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Materials & Furnishings
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Linoleum is still available today, and has gained renewed popularity because it's composed of natural ingredients.
- In a recently completed study funded by GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI), there was preliminary evidence that "green" low-emitting products may still cause IAQ problems.
- 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.
- Greening a house that was built before we knew to care isn't impossible; here are 45 tips.
- What to do, what not to do.
- 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.
- This article describes the design, construction and guiding philosophy of the first healthy house built by John Bower (founder of the original Healthy House Institute) in the early 1990s. Although times have changed and technology has advanced, Bower's founding principles - "eliminate, separate, ventilate" - pictured by the three green vertical bars of the current HHI logo, still apply.
- The Healthy House Institute built a model demonstration house designed to optimize occupant health by minimizing indoor air pollution.
- Navigate the options for cleaner air.
- Home interventions to reduce asthma triggers can curb soaring health care costs and improve health outcomes.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 81-87.
- 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".
- For someone wishing to pursue the known, documented health effects of various materials, a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) is the best place to start.
- The doctor told me that I should implement an allergen reduction and environmental control strategy in my home…what should I do next?
- This candid interview explains why John and Lynn Bower founded the original Healthy House Institute and why Lynn Bower wrote her classic tome, Creating a Healthy Household.
- Antique pieces can lend warmth and charm to your home.
- Although scientists have postulated a wide range of adverse human health effects of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), the nexus of the debate is the concern that prenatal and childhood exposure to EDCs may be responsible for a variety of abnormalities in human sexuality, gender development and behaviors, reproductive capabilities, and sex ratios.
- Are you sensitive to low levels of pollutants in the indoor environment? There are many people exhibiting symptoms at much lower pollution levels than the general population. This tells us that a safe level of exposure for one person is not safe for everyone.
- How can one tell whether one’s symptoms or health problems have been caused by exposure to formaldehyde?
- The safest home in the world can be made unhealthy in minutes if a member of the family practices an art or craft that emits hazardous substances into the air.
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