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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - A survey of local home building associations and recent updates reveal that more than 100,000 homes have been built and certified by voluntary, builder-supported green building programs around the country since the mid-1990s, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
- 16 tips from the U.S. Green Building Council will help you take the steps to green cost-effectiveness.
- Greening a house that was built before we knew to care isn't impossible; here are 45 tips.
- What to do, what not to do.
- 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.
- All green building programs require mechanical ventilation individually designed for each house.
- This article describes the design, construction and guiding philosophy of the first healthy house built by John Bower (founder of the original Healthy House Institute) in the early 1990s. Although times have changed and technology has advanced, Bower's founding principles - "eliminate, separate, ventilate" - pictured by the three green vertical bars of the current HHI logo, still apply.
- The Healthy House Institute built a model demonstration house designed to optimize occupant health by minimizing indoor air pollution.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 81-87.
- Antique pieces can lend warmth and charm to your home.
- Reducing heat buildup which can reach 150°F on hot summer days, and moisture in the winter, are the two main goals of attic ventilation.
- A healthy house needs balanced airflow.
- Green homes link sustainable materials and practices with better human and environmental health.
- Tips for building or retrofitting your home for energy efficiency, cost-savings, and indoor air quality
- 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.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 111-118.
- 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.
- There are a number of flooring alternatives for your home that feature environmentally friendly attributes without sacrificing style.
- Selecting and maintaining heat recovery ventilators and energy recovery ventilators (HRV/ERVs).
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