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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - CR also explains personal carbon footprints; the dark side of compact fluorescent light bulbs.
- Web site allows consumers to calculate how their personal energy use contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution.
- With energy prices skyrocketing and the temperature continuing to spike, most homeowners dread receiving their energy bill in the height of summer. But what most homeowners don’t realize is that they could own a high performance home that requires much less energy.
- Terms such as "all-natural" or "non-toxic" can be misleading.
- While these coatings allow considerable ease in cleaning and reduce the need for oil in cooking, they have potentially serious drawbacks.
- Not only is it less than green, bottled water is often no better than tap water, and plastic bottles may pose health concerns.
- Start \"going green\" by replacing standard incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
- Find out how to tell whether a product or action is \"green\" or not.
- Going green may be easier than you think.
- Use the principles of separation, elimination, and ventilation to deal with pollutants originating from any source.
- The Healthy House Institute built a model demonstration house designed to optimize occupant health by minimizing indoor air pollution.
- Dr. Arthur Weissman offers tips that can protect your health and surroundings — and just might save you money!
- Bright ideas for better lighting.
- This candid interview explains why John and Lynn Bower founded the original Healthy House Institute and why Lynn Bower wrote her classic tome, Creating a Healthy Household.
- John Bower's advice on building healthy homes.
- Beat the potential health risk of gas appliances and, over time, the expense of utility electric.
- A healthy house needs balanced airflow.
- A little thought to the health impact of decorating materials will only add to a home's pleasant atmosphere.
- All-natural may not be as irritant free as you'd think — and not all wicker furniture is all natural.
- 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.
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