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Healthy Buildings
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Excerpt from Modern Cleaning: The Evolution of Chemical Free Cleaning, by Janice and Tom Stewart © 2011
- National Healthy Homes Conference to address serious health and safety concerns in housing.
- Insulations are made from different materials. Many people are concerned about the possible negative health effects.
- Interested in expanding your abilities, business opportunities, and expertise in the health and housing field?
- The answer is “not necessarily,” according to a report released by Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), titled “LEED Certification: Where Energy Efficiency Collides With Human Health.” EHHI is a non-profit organization composed of doctors, public health professionals and policy experts who specialize in research that examines environmental threats to human health.
- How to make homes tight and ventilate right.
- 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.
- In early 2007 Kevin and Kathy Christopherson set about building a home in Hanover, Wisconsin. This was no ordinary new home construction, though. Since Kathy has an acute chemical sensitivity, special precautions were necessary – precautions that presented some particularly challenging construction issues.
- The majority of U.S. families (67 percent) live in a home with at least one major health risk.
- In a typical forced-air system with leaky ducts and an inefficient filter, the ducts are usually contaminated with a wide variety of particulates and microorganisms—all directly exposed to the air being breathed by the occupants.
- How to deal with mold after a flood.
- The most important step to take in building or remodeling a house is to eliminate toxic materials as often as possible.
- The second principle of healthy construction involves separating unhealthy materials from the air you breathe.
- The third principle of healthy design involves ventilation.
- There are a number of ways of building that are becoming popular among environmentally conscious individuals.
- In a recently completed study funded by GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI), there was preliminary evidence that \"green\" low-emitting products may still cause IAQ problems.
- Once builders overcome their initial apprehension, it is relatively easy to learn how to work with light-weight steel framing.
- The Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) is the first organization within the soft floor covering sector to earn accreditation as a certification body for indoor air quality by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI), the premier source for international standardization and conformity assessment.
- 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.
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