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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about LEED for Homes.
- Health and environmental factors associated with carpet include indoor air quality, chemical emissions from manufacturing and disposal operations, and solid waste impacts.
- Compost is organic material that can be used as a soil amendment or as a medium to grow plants.
- How to make your home a healthier place.
- Solar Photovoltaic or PV systems are highly reliable and need little maintenance.
- An insulation\'s resistance to heat flow is measured or rated in terms of its thermal resistance or R-value.
- GS-44 is the first standard to comprehensively address the health, environmental, and labeling concerns for soaps, cleansers, shampoo, and conditioners for adults, children and infants.
- The net cost of owning a green home can be comparable to that of owning a conventional home – sometimes even less.
- Big benefits for you and the planet.
- Designing lighting that works for everyone - young or old.
- What if residential color schemes offered more than personal expression? Could they make a home safer to live in?
- Naturally derived laundry cleaners can be simple and effective.
- If you choose to use a powder on your baby, use it sparingly. Powders can easily become airborne and can enter the respiratory system causing irritation.
- Spring is in the air, and so are dust, pollen and other unwanted particles that can impact health and the dusting you need to do. What is the best way to Spring Clean Your Indoor Air?
- Universal design strives to be a broad-spectrum solution that helps everyone, not just people with disabilities.
- A major study published in Human Reproduction (January 2009), a European reproductive medicine journal, has found that pregnant women and women of child-bearing age in the United States are at greater risk than previously thought for infertility and reproductive problems as result of exposure to the toxic Teflon chemical PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid).
- The organic food market slows amid recession, consumer doubt.
- A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air.
- Designing healthy homes for the elderly.
- Our children may be exposed to pesticides from residues found in their food. Here are ways you can reduce the risk of pesticide residues in your child’s diet.
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