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Construction- 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.
- The homeowner gains a finished, insulated
basement, a healthy house, and an estimated
energy savings of a whopping 81%.
- ASHRAE 62.2-2007 Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings is the U.S. national minimum ventilation standard. Here is the skinny on this and other standards.
- Study samples measured less than background levels
for radon, radiation.
- This nonprofit organization is the leading name in performance certification of residential ventilation products, providing the link between ventilation and healthy, energy-efficient homes.
Sorry, we currently don't have any Reviews tagged as 'Construction'. - Mold and moisture-resistant paperless drywall made from over 90% recycled material.
- Low-VOC fast curing, flat finish primer.
- Efficient and quiet ventilation fans designed to move air with the lowest power consumption and sound levels.
- Silent and economical Heat Recovery Ventilator(HRV) designed to improve indoor air quality by bringing in fresh, outside air while limiting the change in indoor temperature and saving energy.
- Spray foam insulation that is healthier, quieter, and more energy efficient.
- Green Building Products is the GreenSpec® Guide to residential building materials.
- Guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, green building, homesteading, off-the-grid living, and alternative transportation.
- Guide to building houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment.
- Comprehensive guide to residential ventilation systems.
- A practical guide to solar electricity and achieving energy independence.
- Air from a living space that enters an air handler, such as a furnace or air conditioner, and is returned back to the space.
- An engineered opening through which fresh air enters a house.
- Building techniques that result in a house with a small effective leakage area (ELA) to conserve energy.
- A class of hundreds of different molecular compounds containing carbon that easily evaporates, often released from building materials and found as contaminants in indoor air.
- A material that slows down the amount of diffusion through a solid material, often used in insulated walls.
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