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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about LEED for Homes.
- Health and environmental factors associated with carpet include indoor air quality, chemical emissions from manufacturing and disposal operations, and solid waste impacts.
- How to make your home a healthier place.
- The net cost of owning a green home can be comparable to that of owning a conventional home – sometimes even less.
- 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.
- Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with organic material in the water yielding toxic consequences.
- A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air.
- Most dry-cleaning chemicals pose health hazards and are often intolerable to the chemically sensitive and to some allergic and asthmatic people.
- Asthma is a rapidly growing public health problem. Here are recent facts from the CDC and EPA.
- 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.
- While many people enjoy wearing perfumes and using scented products, there is a growing outcry from some people who claim exposure to certain fragrances, including perfumes and scented products, adversely impacts their health.
- 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.
- Are you sensitive to low levels of pollutants in the indoor environment? There are many people exhibiting symptoms at much lower pollution levels than the general population. This tells us that a safe level of exposure for one person is not safe for everyone.
- UL Environment Inc. was created in response to the increase demand for environmentally sustainable products, and its services will help industries and the public make sense of "green" claims while helping manufacturers maintain transparency and credibility in the marketplace.
- 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.
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