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- 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.
- Designing lighting that works for everyone - young or old.
- A few tips smooth out this money-saving trick.
- 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%.
- Choosing bathroom components that save water, reduce VOCs, and are made from recycled or reclaimed materials can make your bathroom more sustainable.
- Pointers to help prevent attacks.
- Perhaps the greatest challenge to promoting energy efficiency is that you can’t see it.
- Measuring glass surfaces using infrared (IR) thermometers helps ensure higher performance windows.
- There are drawbacks and concerns associated with microwave ovens.
- Revealing facts about mold problems, how they start, and how to safely clean them up. This guidance was written for people living in the northwest USA, and isn't for hot and humid climates.
- I have been an energy management consultant since 1974. Before suggesting that someone buy an energy-saving gadget, I evaluate that gadget myself. In this article, I describe some of my personal energy-saving gadget experiences.
- 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.
- Natural ventilation is becoming an increasingly attractive method for reducing energy costs while improving indoor air quality, according to green building advocates.
- Anyone who has washed or worn white clothes knows that white shirts stop looking white after a few washes and start to turn a shade of gray. A new laundry-detergent enzyme helps prevent this from happening, without the use of bleach.
- A team of scientists from the Korean Rural Development Administration and the Department of Horticulture at the University of Georgia tested the efficiency of airborne formaldehyde removal in 86 species of plants.
- You can't see it. You can't smell it. But you can take steps against radon in your home, starting with an inexpensive test.
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