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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Incorporating Universal Design (UD)features into a bathroom remodel will not only add value to your home, but will help ensure your bathroom is ready for all ages and circumstances.
- The vision that drives universal design is functionality and caring.
- Designing lighting that works for everyone - young or old.
- Interim guidance for swine influenza A (H1N1).
- 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?
- Horticulturists Dr. Stanley Kays, Dr. Bodie Pennisi and research associate D.S. Wang at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Science are conducting ongoing research into the ability of houseplants to remove volatile organic compounds from the 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).
- Most dry-cleaning chemicals pose health hazards and are often intolerable to the chemically sensitive and to some allergic and asthmatic people.
- How does radiant heat, as opposed to air temperature, contribute to a proper
home comfort system?
- Designing healthy homes for the elderly.
- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has developed the first Asthma Friendly product standards for plush toys, pillows, bedding, flooring, vacuum cleaners, and air purifiers.
- Most of us will have to go into the hospital some day. Here are specific steps you can follow to protect yourself from hospital infections.
- 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.
- The majority of the balanced ventilation systems on the market are heat recovery ventilators (HRVs). Most HRVs consist of an insulated cabinet, a heat-recovery core, two fans, some ductwork, and a control. But not all HRVs are created equal.
- 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.
- Greening a house that was built before we knew to care isn\'t impossible; here are 45 tips.
- Training in the whole-house approach to home performance gives contractors the ability to save lives as well as energy.
- Cleaning activities may be associated with increased lower respiratory tract symptoms in women with asthma.
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