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BuildingSort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Tight, energy-saving homes have prompted makers of ventilators to develop new, innovative products and systems.
- 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.
- Greening a house that was built before we knew to care isn't impossible; here are 45 tips.
- The National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2008) for all residential construction work including single-family homes, apartments and condos, land development and remodeling and renovation has been approved by the American National Standards Institute.
- Tips for building or retrofitting your home for energy efficiency, cost-savings, and indoor air quality
- The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently completed the first U.S. scientific review of healthy homes interventions.
- Builders tend to focus more on energy and environmental conservation in their selection of green features; and may inadvertently contribute to poor indoor air quality (IAQ).
- All green building programs require mechanical ventilation individually designed for each house.
- The harmonious interaction with nature is the guiding principle of the Building Biology approach to healthy home building.
- EPA's Energy Star program now addresses indoor air quality (IAQ). Here is a summary of requirements you can use to improve your home's IAQ.
- GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) announced in November 2008 the initiation of a comprehensive product emissions standard for indoor products.
- The National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)has done extensive research into the outgassing of materials used in spacecraft; many of the products we routinely build houses of simply cannot be used in a spacecraft because of excessive outgassing.
- One of the most important ideas to emerge in recent years is the concept that a house is much more than an assemblage of materials. Instead, building scientists and researchers now view a house as an interactive system.
- The most important step to take in building or remodeling a house is to eliminate toxic materials as often as possible.
- The second principle of healthy construction involves separating unhealthy materials from the air you breathe.
- The third principle of healthy design involves ventilation.
- EPA has added an indoor air quality component to the already well-known Energy Star program—the Energy Star Indoor Air Package (IAP).
- The unvarnished truth about wood finishes, and how to make healthier choices.
- Why build sustainable communities with LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND)?
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