What Toxins Lurk Beneath Your House? (And Do You Want to Know?)

Wendy Bounds writes: Last week, I wrote about a growing industry of so-called “green dry cleaners” who use alternatives to the ... are finding this out (again) as state health officials push them to test their indoor air for traces ... , slowing up sales which is bad for the economy’s health.) But the air quality issue isn’t going away [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 16:51:18

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Bulleted List of the 100K LEED Checklist Targets

In preparation for our open house this weekend, I created a quick document with a bulleted list of all of the LEED for Homes points we are going ... Preferable Products 4.5 Construction Waste Reduction 1 EQ Indoor Environmental Quality - 13 Points ... Testing 2 Enhanced Local Exhaust 1 Better Air Filters (MERV 12) 1 Indoor Contaminant Control [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:26:35

EarthCraft Certified Homes

In metro Atlanta, developers and builders are promoting green living through EarthCraft House ... rates the home on energy efficiency, durability, indoor air quality, resource efficiency, waste ... STAR certification criteria which includes passing diagnostic tests for air filtration and duct [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 20:33:28

Greenguard: Testing Children’s Goods for the CPSIA

   [ This is the third in a series of posts by Susan Maphis covering the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) ... of the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified program, the GREENGUARD Children & Schools standard ... are more vulnerable to indoor air than adults. Their physiological systems are still developing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:22:27

Rice-powered stove ignites new hope for poor farmers

Alexis Belonio’s obsession with rice husks began in 2003, ... in indoor air quality and frequently tests cooking stoves. Burning husks cleanly enough to rival [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 15:37:15

Grove Scientific and Engineering

Environmental engineering consultants describe services in air pollution industrial hygiene indoor air quality sound level monitoring hazardous waste auditing water quality permitting toxicity testing and specialty microbiology Based in Orlando Florida Visit website [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 09:34:05

Check Your Indoor Humidity Instantly!

By Jon Dacken Would you like to know if it's too dry or too humid in your house? ... to a commercial indoor air quality meter. The ones I tested were not off by a couple of percentage points ... is that it is the amount of water vapor in the air. A common method of measuring indoor humidity is to buy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 17:02:47

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