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Healthy House
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - The unvarnished truth about wood finishes, and how to make healthier choices.
- The Green Home Guide offers tips for a better, greener life.
- 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.
- Besides holding up the house, a foundation is also a connection between the soil and living space. How this connection is made is important for the health of the occupants and the durability of the house.
- 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.
- The results of bake-outs are, at best, mixed.
- What is known about tight construction, why it is a good idea, and how it is integral to systematic house design and construction.
- Many commercial mattresses are manufactured using polyurethane, synthetic fabrics, chemical fire retardants, toxic dyes, formaldehyde and stain-resistant chemicals. These chemicals are outgassed over time, and can expose skin and lungs to potentially toxic substances, causing allergic reactions and other health problems.
- Study finds healthy, efficient homes increasingly accessible to all.
- Metal roofing is manufactured from a variety of different materials including copper, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel.
- There are a number of ways of building that are becoming popular among environmentally conscious individuals.
- It's Louisiana’s first LEED-certified home, as well as the first “Extreme Makeover” home to be certified green.
- Like linoleum, cork flooring was more popular in the past than it is today, although it is making a comeback.
- Linoleum is still available today, and has gained renewed popularity because it's composed of natural ingredients.
- It’s durable, non-toxic, non-staining and easy-to-clean.
- The longer mold grows, the greater the potential hazard and the harder it is to control.
- 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.
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