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- Natural ventilation is becoming an increasingly attractive method for reducing energy costs while improving indoor air quality, according to green building advocates.
- Before choosing any paint, you may want to know more about the two basic types: oil- and water-based.
- It’s best to test several brands for appearance and personal tolerance.
- 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?
- 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.
- Making sense of green building programs.
- Big house or small house? There are many rewards if you choose to downsize.
- Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are common indoor air pollutants. Being volatile, they evaporate easily, and being organic, they contain carbon.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- Removing particles and gases using air cleaners.
- 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.
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