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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 88-98.
- How to minimize allergy and asthma triggers this time of year.
- In the U.S. today we're far more likely to breathe some of the most debilitating compounds at home. How did things get this bad? A historical perspective.
- Clean clothes and bedding frequently, using gentle, low-odor 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 newest lamp innovations is the LED (light emitting diode) lamp, also called a diode array bulb.
- LEED homes offer many benefits to home owners, including lower energy and water bills; reduced greenhouse gas emissions; increased comfort, less exposure to indoor pollutants such as mold, mildew and other indoor toxins, and lower maintenance costs.
- LEED for Homes is a green home certification system for assuring homes are designed and built to be energy- and resource-efficient and healthy for occupants.
- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about LEED for Homes.
- If the gift looks or smells moldy or promotes sneezing or other symptoms - send it on to other pastures.
- Low-emissivity (Low-E) coatings on glazing or glass control heat transfer through windows with insulated glazing. Windows manufactured with low-E coatings typically cost about 10%–15% more than regular windows, but they reduce energy loss by as much as 30%–50%.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 127-133.
- Choosing bathroom components that save water, reduce VOCs, and are made from recycled or reclaimed materials can make your bathroom more sustainable.
- It is not so much the wood as the adhesives in these products that release a known toxin.
- Measuring glass surfaces using infrared (IR) thermometers helps ensure higher performance windows.
- Metal furniture can be less irritating. It's also more decorative than you might think.
- Metal roofing is manufactured from a variety of different materials including copper, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel.
- Adding an airspace is a construction technique that must be done "just so" to prevent rot.
- 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.
- The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the Alliance for Healthy Homes (Alliance) have announced plans to join forces.
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