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Healthy House
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Green homes link sustainable materials and practices with better human and environmental health.
- The Green Home Guide offers tips for a better, greener life.
- The harmonious interaction with nature is the guiding principle of the Building Biology approach to healthy home building.
- John Bower\'s advice on building healthy homes.
- Once builders overcome their initial apprehension, it is relatively easy to learn how to work with light-weight steel framing.
- California targets devices that emit ozone, a gas known to create and exacerbate respiratory problems.
- An estimated 2,850 people die and 15,900 people are injured annually because of fires in residences. Although more than 90 percent of homes have smoke alarms, millions of homes have
alarms that do not work. Missing or dead batteries are the main cause for non-working smoke alarms - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Not all devices are the same. The American Lung Association offers advice and sources.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cellulose insulation can be a satisfactory insulating material if it is used conscientiously. While most people may not be bothered at all by a little insulation dust in the house, there are thousands of people around the country who are more sensitive than the general population to environmental pollutants.
- How central vacuums work and what to consider before installing one.
- A major study of inner city children with asthma concludes that positive environmental interventions in the children's homes will result in a lessening of the children's asthma-related symptoms and an increase in their symptom-free days...Notably, the study found no difference in the improvement experienced by children who lived in homes with carpet versus children from homes with other types of flooring.
- Thanks to good science, we now know that bigger isn\'t better.
- A guide to specifications for healthy construction.
- Cleaning activities may be associated with increased lower respiratory tract symptoms in women with asthma.
- With a large variety of water treatment options, which one is right for your home or situation?
- You can help lessen these air-pollution problems by following simple precautions.
- Like linoleum, cork flooring was more popular in the past than it is today, although it is making a comeback.
- 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.
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