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BuildingSort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Typical duct systems lose 25 to 40 percent of the heating or cooling energy put out by the central furnace, heat pump, or air conditioner.
- You can help lessen these air-pollution problems by following simple precautions.
- To feel comfortable and healthy, people simply need clean, fresh air. Mechanical ventilation systems are specifically designed to exchange the air in a house—as well as circulate it.
- How to make homes tight and ventilate right.
- Cleaner, greener paints make projects faster, easier and less expensive.
- The Green Label program is replaced by the stronger and more comprehensive Green Label Plus standard.
- Why and how HHI supports HVI.
- The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the Alliance for Healthy Homes (Alliance) have announced plans to join forces.
- An energy mortgage increases a consumer’s buying power.
- An HRV saves energy while ventilating your home. Understanding the differences in materials used to transfer energy between airstreams is important.
- The Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) offers guidelines on how to select the right ventilation system for your home, how much air it should move and why, types of ventilation systems, and where to get more information on ventilation standards.
- Three viewpoints of designing a healthy building include: the importance of sustainable development, the role of occupants for ensuring indoor air quality, and ongoing developments related to indoor finishes with low chemical emissions and good fungal resistance.
- 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.
- These terms are used somewhat interchangeably, which is confusing. HVI shows how to tell them apart.
- The homeowner gains a finished, insulated
basement, a healthy house, and an estimated
energy savings of a whopping 81%.
- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about LEED for Homes.
- Ventilate your bathroom to prevent moisture buildup and related problems.
- Insulation is needed in warm climates to keep the heat outside and in cold climates to keep the heat inside.
- Being Green has never been so colorful now that zero-VOC paints are available in a wide range of colors.
- Solar Photovoltaic or PV systems are highly reliable and need little maintenance.
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