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Indoor pollutants can impair your health without your knowing it. These steps can help make a healthier home.



The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently investigated complaints that Chinese drywall, installed in thousands of American homes, contains harmful chemicals that sicken homeowners. But Chinese drywall is hardly the only cause of “sick house syndrome.” Just ask Bob Kretvix. The principal consultant for EHS Innovators, an environmental safety consulting firm in… Continue

Essentially, green homes (or buildings) strive to integrate into the environment, use sustainable design and construction concepts, and have a positive impact on occupant health and comfort.

They achieve this by considering the home in two fundamental ways:1. A system of interconnected parts that all affect each other (much like our natural environment);

2. A lifecycle—the design, building, maintenance/operation and demolition.For example, consider how home design affects window… Continue

Whilegreen home improvement projects may not be as popular as traditional non-green improvements the GREEN trend does seem to be catching on as people realize the benefits.



According to a McGraw Hill study, 70% of homebuyers would rather buy a green home than a non-green home in a down economy. The Management Information Services/ICMA has said that “landscaping, especially with trees, can increase property values as much as 20 percent.”… Continue

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Take a moment to have a look at HOME, a new documentary about our fragile, inter-connected planet. The camera always shows us the beauty and vulnerability of our environment from above because, as film-maker Yann Arthus-Bertrand puts it: "From the sky, there's less need for explanations".