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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - This article is an excerpt from Mariel Wolfson's doctoral dissertation.
- Radon is a silent killer but it doesn\'t have to be. Consider installing a passive system for removing radon when building a new home.
- Three viewpoints of designing a healthy building include: the importance of sustainable development, the role of occupants for ensuring indoor air quality, and ongoing developments related to indoor finishes with low chemical emissions and good fungal resistance.
- The vision that drives universal design is functionality and caring.
- Designing lighting that works for everyone - young or old.
- Universal design strives to be a broad-spectrum solution that helps everyone, not just people with disabilities.
- How does radiant heat, as opposed to air temperature, contribute to a proper
home comfort system?
- 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.
- If we still rode horses every day, we’d never have a barn attached to the house because the animal odors would be objectionable. Yet houses routinely have an attached garage which contains much more unhealthy odors.
- Greening a house that was built before we knew to care isn\'t impossible; here are 45 tips.
- Builders tend to focus more on energy and environmental conservation in their selection of green features; and may inadvertently contribute to poor indoor air quality (IAQ).
- The harmonious interaction with nature is the guiding principle of the Building Biology approach to healthy home building.
- The most important step to take in building or remodeling a house is to eliminate toxic materials as often as possible.
- EPA has added an indoor air quality component to the already well-known Energy Star program—the Energy Star Indoor Air Package (IAP).
- With the ill effects of poor indoor air quality often in the news these days, it pays to
design and build a house that’s healthy from the start.
- Understanding the physics of indoor air movement for a healthier home.
- Making your home a greener place is a commitment – to yourself, your family, your community and the world. But more than that, it is a learning process.
- Vinyl flooring can certainly outgas (emit) potentially bothersome chemical odors and VOCs, but it also offers a relatively impenetrable, smooth surface—one that’s water-resistant, unable to harbor dust mites, pollen grains, and mold spores, and one that’s easy to sweep and wash clean.
- What is known about tight construction, why it is a good idea, and how it is integral to systematic house design and construction.
- Metal roofing is manufactured from a variety of different materials including copper, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel.
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