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Materials & Furnishings- Insulations are made from dozens of different materials. Many people are concerned about the possible negative health effects.
- How to minimize allergy and asthma triggers this time of year.
- Consumer Report’s first full report on LED energy saving lightbulbs finds more choices and savings.
- While home energy costs are on the rise, homeowners can save energy and money with high-performance windows.
- There are a number of flooring alternatives for your home that feature environmentally friendly attributes without sacrificing style.
- We get a lot of questions about what we call “simplistic solutions to complex situations.” For example, most people want an easy way to solve the problem of poor indoor air quality. Well, we’d like that too and, in some cases, there are relatively simple solutions. But in many cases, the solution isn’t easy.
- Focusing on more than traditional ways to remove VOCs and allergens in the air can lead to better prevention and treatment of allergies and asthma.
- While plywood and other manufactured wood products have long been a source of formaldehyde in our indoor environments, now formaldehyde-free plywood is available.
- There is a growing body of evidence that poor indoor air quality and other indoor pollutants are negatively affecting us all. Yet it is still difficult to define precisely what makes some materials unhealthy.
- It is sad when people decide not to incorporate healthy features into their home project because of cost.
- A book about using salvaged and reclaimed materials to make homes that are affordable, unique, and environmentally-preferable.
- A book of green remodeling ideas and examples to make your home more energy efficient and healthy.
- Using the examples of 25 factory-built, green homes, the book details the benefits of prefabricated homes, including energy savings and attractiveness.
- Rating the real payoff from 50 green home projects.
- A guide to inspecting and making repairs to every part of the house.
- John and Lynn Bower discuss home ventilation concepts and techniques in this video from the HHI Archives.
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