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Ventilation
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - 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.
- The Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) offers guidelines on how to select the right ventilation system for your home, how much air it should move and why, types of ventilation systems, and where to get more information on ventilation standards.
- Air cleaners are usually classified by the method employed for removing particles of various sizes from the air.
- How well do they clean the air?
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 81-87.
- 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.
- Antique pieces can lend warmth and charm to your home.
- The safest home in the world can be made unhealthy in minutes if a member of the family practices an art or craft that emits hazardous substances into the air.
- 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.
- Rather than leaving ventilation to chance, these systems exchange stale air for fresh air in your home, while helping to maintain indoor climate control.
- Ventilate your bathroom to prevent moisture buildup and related problems.
- Green homes link sustainable materials and practices with better human and environmental health.
- The harmonious interaction with nature is the guiding principle of the Building Biology approach to healthy home building.
- 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.
- Because of the odors and ingredients in most caulkings, it’s best to follow certain precautions when using them.
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