• Green Remodeling Improves Indoor Air Quality
  By incorporating green remodeling practices, homeowners can avoid serious health issues linked to unhealthy indoor air.
• FloorScore: A Guide for Healthier Resilient Floors
  FloorScore, developed by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) and the non-profit Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), tests and certifies hard surface flooring and flooring adhesive products for compliance with indoor air quality (IAQ) goals.
• Balanced Ventilation Systems
  Rather than leaving ventilation to chance, these systems exchange stale air for fresh air in your home, while helping to maintain indoor climate control.
• Top Ten Reasons - and Ways - to Remodel Green
  Going green may be easier than you think.
• Why Ventilation?
  Mechanical ventilation is a system that moves stale, tired air out of the home, replacing it with an inflow of fresh air. A properly designed and installed home ventilating system provides a wide array of benefits.

• Ventilation
  Another word for “airing the place out,” ventilation is one of the top three ways to improve indoor air quality.
• HVAC
  Heating, ventilating and air conditioning explained.
• LEED
  The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green homes and buildings.
• MERV
  A standard for rating heating and air-conditioning filter efficiency.
• Bathroom fan
  Exhaust fans aren’t just for keeping the bathroom from smelling bad.

• EverFresh ™ Air Exchange System
  Open the window for fresh air — without bringing in pollen and dust.
• Black & Decker Cordless Mulching Mower - Model CMM1200
  New safety features make this model a cut above its predecessor.
• Ladybug XL Steam Cleaner
  The Ladybug XL Steam Cleaner is a great steam cleaner that will allow asthmatics to clean virtually every surface in their homes, with plain water and without using chemicals.

• Lifebreath HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator)
  Ventilation is one of the best ways to keep your indoor air quality high; an HRV or Heat Recovery Ventilator brings fresh air in and takes stale air out, while helping to prevent the loss of heat in winter or cool air in the summer.
• Air Cleaner - Lifebreath Turbulent Flow Precipitator (TFP)
  "Turbulent Flow Precipitation" or TFP achieves a high rate of particle removal without compromising airflow.
• 3M Filtrete Ultra Clean Air Purifier
  Quality 3M Filtrete filters in portable air cleaners.
• Silent Master Central Vacuum
  Quiet, powerful central vacuum.
• 3M Filtrete™ Ultra Slim Air Purifier
  A filter that is only 4 inches thick but is still 98% effective at capturing large and microscopic particles.

• My House Is Killing Me!
  A step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling and often eliminating the sources of indoor pollutants and allergens.
• The Mold Survival Guide
  Understanding mold and how to control or eliminate it from your home.
• Homes that Heal (and those that don't)
  How your home may be harming your family's health.

Information provided by The Healthy House Institute is designed to support, not to replace the relationship between patient/physician or other qualified healthcare provider.

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