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Often when homeowners and builders consider investing in green elements for a home, the concept of payoff comes to mind. It's important to look at the total cost of ownership over a long period of …
Type: White Paper
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This guide compares Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) with other forms used in above grade (walls) and below grade applications (foundations). Key factors in selecting the best system for your home are …
Type: Guide
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Increasing energy costs have many homeowners looking for new ways to save money. According to the Department of Energy, the average homeowner pays about $1,900 a year on utilities, most of it going …
Tags: Alternate Energys, Inc.,
Brogard Plumbing, Heating & geothermal & Excavating, Inc.,
Brown Heating & geothermal & A/C Inc.,
Building Green,
Enertech Global, LLC,
First Geothermal Energy,
Flamings Plumbing Heating & geothermal & A/C Inc.,
Fowler Heating & Geothermal & Cooling,
Geothermal Heating & Cooling,
Heating & Cooling,
Indoor Air Quality,
Rabe Hardware, Inc.,
Schuster Heating & geothermal & Pump Company, Inc,
The Heat Exchange geothermal Type: Guide
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Learn about Energy Star solutions for heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems in this guide from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Type: Guide
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Heating, cooling, fresh and clean air: at Zehnder, you will find everything you need to create a comfortable, healthy andenergy-efficient indoor climate. Zehnder’s wide and clearly structured …
Type: Brochure
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Laying down barriers and protecting against dust and grime during the building phase helps eliminate potential problems for homeowners.
Type: White Paper
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Protecting floors during construction saves money for builders and ultimately provides cleaner air for homeowners.
Type: White Paper
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Broan has ventilation options for every home and budget. Proper ventilation has two main components.
Type: Catalog
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This 52 page catalog for Broan ventilation fans includes detailed product information on the entire line of ventilation fans for residential and light commercial use.
Type: Catalog
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Insulation's effectiveness is measured in R-Value. R stands for the insulation's resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-Value, the greater the resistance to heat flow and the greater your home's …
Type: Guide
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CertainTeed MebBrain vapor retarder 'breathes' allowing moisture to escape, lowering the risk of moisture related problems in the building envelopes.
Type: Fact Sheet
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This extensive product catalog form NuTone can help you find the perfect ventilation fan for your home, regardless of your style, budget, or performance needs.
Type: Catalog
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The Humiditrol whole-home dehumidification system maintains the optimal level of humidity in your home improving the comfort of your home, and making it healthier.
Type: Brochure
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National studies indicate that for optimal comfort and health, your home's relative humidity levels should range between 30 and 60 percent and Healthy Climate dehumidifiers help you achieve goal.
Type: Brochure
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Mold can being to grow in your home under a variety of conditions such as humidity or wetness, by water leaks, spills, or condensation. Spores produced by these molds can cause a variety of health …
Type: White Paper
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This detailed checklist can be used to determine if health symptoms experienced at home are the result of indoor air quality problems, help you to isolate possible sources, and evaluate your home for …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Due to toxins contained in cleaning products, paint, and in other items found in the home, the EPA estimates that indoor air quality is form 5 to 10 times more polluted than the air outside. NASA, in …
Type: Fact Sheet
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New research suggests that indoor houseplants can help remove air-borne toxins and carbon dioxide. 87% of air-borne toxic gases emitted from paints, tobacco smoke, synthetic upholstery, and carpets …
Type: Fact Sheet
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The easiest and least expensive way to remove dust and contaminants from your home and improve indoor air quality is by changing your furnace filter regularly. In addition, running your furnace fan …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Excessive humidity is the most dangerous humidity condition for homes in any climate. Excess humidity provides the perfect senario for the growth of mold and dust mites, and adds to wood rot and …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Many homes lose a significant amount of energy efficiency in the crawl space. Whether your crawl space is ventilated or unventilated, insulating your crawl space is a good investment.
Type: Fact Sheet
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This Green by Design buyers guide is created to help you choose eco-friendly paints that can help protect the environment and are low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other toxic chemicals.
Type: Guide
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Built Green is an environmental building program designed to provide home buyers with durable, eco-friendly homes that are both cost effective to own and to operate. These homes can offer improved …
Type: Fact Sheet
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An air leak can result in a 25 percent heat loss in a newly constructed home and a 40 percent loss in older buildings. To get an accurate measurement of your home's tightness, conduct a blower-door …
Type: Fact Sheet
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any popular household cleaners are expensive and contain toxic ingredients. You can save money and avoid adding these toxic ingredients to your home by instead using common household products for …
Type: Brochure
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Air cleaning, along with increased ventilation and eliminating sources of pollution, can help improve the indoor air quality in your home. Air cleaners use several different methods to filter out …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Poor air quality can cause a variety of health problems. Poor or inadequate ventilation can contribute to this problem. Symptoms of poor air quality can include, stuffy nose, sore throat, headaches …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Areas of air leakage can account for 30% of a home's heating and cooling costs, and contribute to problems with moisture, noise, and dust. Creating a continuous air barrier around the home reduces …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Humidity or wetness, caused by water leaks, spills, or condensation, can cause mold to begin to grow in your home. Spores produced by these molds can cause a variety of health problems, affecting …
Type: Brochure
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Many people consider mold an inconvenience in a wet basement or poorly ventilated bathroom. But molds can be much more than just an inconvenience--they can affect your health and the structural …
Type: Brochure
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Indoor ventilation has two essential functions, to exhaust pollutants, moisture, and odors form inside the house to outside, and to bring in outdoor air to mix with the indoor air.
Type: Guide
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Current research has found that people spend nearly 90% of their time indoors. Research has also found that indoor air quality in some homes and offices contains more pollutants than that of a large …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Molds have the potential to cause health problems in your home. Although molds are not usually a problem indoors, when mold spores come in contact with wet or damp areas they can begin to grow.
Type: Brochure
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This document lists nine pages of green cleaning products, as well as some home remedies, for a variety of cleaning tasks. Some of these products have been around a long time, but are experiencing a …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Green building design and construction practices significantly reduce or eliminate the negative environmental impact of homes. The purpose of the Residential Green Building Guide for New England is …
Type: White Paper
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Your grandmother knew that there were many ways to clean her house by using natural household substances. You too can learn these proven techniques and avoid exposing your family to potentially …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Traditionally, companies have failed to comprehensively consider the risks posed by their products, but green chemistry emphasizes the design of chemicals, processes and goods that cause little or no …
Type: White Paper
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The cleaning industry has made significant strides in its commitment to create “green” or environmentally friendly cleaning products, but many are rated by their VOC content, not by their VOC …
Type: White Paper
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Consumer products and building materials manufactured using formaldehyde as an ingredient are a main source of indoor air pollution. Formaldehyde is a toxic chemical widely used in a variety of …
Type: White Paper
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This white paper reviews the results of research that demonstrate that levels of VOCs, PBDEs and phthalates in new car interiors can be very high, the efforts by some automakers to lower levels in …
Type: White Paper
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Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is a significant risk factor for serious and sometimes life threatening health conditions for certain segments of the population. Poor IAQ can cause cancer, infections …
Type: White Paper
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The number of cases of asthma in children has increased dramatically in the past 30 years and poor indoor air quality (IAQ) appears to play a role in this increase. Studies indicate that most …
Type: White Paper
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Even if your definition of a home office is one computer and a printer, this document will benefit any homeowner who is interested in reducing exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi …
Type: White Paper
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Maintaining a dry building is the best way to ensure a safe environment and healthy occupants, but avoiding moisture in buildings is not as simple as it may seem. Experts agree that by far the most …
Type: White Paper
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From the earliest of times humans have strived to balance the need for indoor air quality (IAQ) with adequate and efficent heating. What may be missing in today's strategies is that energy …
Type: White Paper
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Cleaning products are designed to remove dust, viruses, bacteria, particulates, endotoxins, allergens and mold, but many also release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other particulates. All of …
Type: White Paper
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Successful cleaning of mold requires an clear understanding of the locations of contamination and the reasons why fungal growth has occurred. Ultimately, the success of mold cleaning is dependent …
Type: White Paper
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Indoor air contains a myriad of visible and invisible contaminants, some of which can lead to health problems. This white paper reviews the common types of contaminants found in indoor air and …
Type: White Paper
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Children are more vulnerable to exposure to indoor air pollutants than adults. This white paper seeks to raise awareness and address important issues about how poor indoor air quality (IAQ) can …
Type: White Paper
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Pursuing energy conservation without considering the quality of indoor air poses unnecessary health risks on the occupants. Conversely, pursuing good indoor air quality (IAQ) without considering the …
Type: White Paper
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Homeowners cite having a healthier place to live, energy savings, and environmental conservation as the top three reasons for buying green homes, but builders tend to focus more on the latter in …
Type: White Paper
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While the general consensus is that "green" refers, in some way, to environmentally-preferable attributes of a product, service, or technology, there is no single, universal definition of the term …
Type: White Paper
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To ensure good indoor air quality and manage indoor moisture sources, you need some fresh outside air coming into your home.
Type: Fact Sheet
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Hidden condensation can lead to problems in your home such as mold and mildew, resulting in lower indoor air quality.
Type: Fact Sheet
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The use of spot ventilation is an important tool to improve air quality.
Type: Fact Sheet
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This guide provides information for contractors and homeowners to identify ways to seal unwanted air leaks in the home while still maintaining healthy levels of ventilation.
Type: Guide
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Duct systems used in forced-air space-conditioning systems are a vital element in home energy efficiency.
Type: Brochure
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Constructing a healthy environment is a very important emphasis of green building. Since North Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, the quality of that indoor air can greatly impact one's …
Type: Fact Sheet
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Insulation and a tight exterior seal are two of the most important components of a home's protection against outside conditions. This fact sheet discusses all aspects of insulation and air sealing.
Type: Fact Sheet
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Many common household cleaning products contain alcohols, ammonia, bleach, formaldehyde, and lye which may cause many health issues. This fact sheet from Build It Green addresses how to keep your …
Type: Fact Sheet
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This directory features suppliers and installers for a variety of green products, identifies a number of firms with expertise in the design and construction of green buildings, and includes a variety …
Tags: Appliances,
Arlington County Department of Environmental Services Green Building Program,
Consultants,
Flooring,
Heating & Cooling,
Indoor Air Quality,
Landscaping,
Lumber and Structured Panels,
Solar Power,
Sustainable Products,
Windows & Doors Type: Catalog
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This fact sheet from Build It Green outlines some basic concepts and ideas important to taking a "whole system" approach to green building.
Type: Fact Sheet
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To be sure of the efficiency claims of air filters, select only those where the type of test or rating is referenced. This document from Build It Green discusses five types of air filters and the …
Type: Fact Sheet
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This presentation was delivered at the ASHRAE 2010 Annual Summer Conference on June 27, 2010, and addresses humidity and AC loads in energy-efficient houses.
Type: Presentation
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This Renewable Energy Data Book for 2009 provides facts and figures on energy in general, renewable electricity in the United States, global renewable energy development, wind power, solar energy …
Type: Special Report
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As energy-efficiency efforts focus increasingly on existing homes, many construction decisions made decades ago seem inefficient, including duct location in the attic. This analysis focuses on the …
Type: Special Report
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Finding the right balance of ventilation and fans can reduce the need for air conditioning and save you a bunch of money and energy. The combination can also reduce indoor air pollutants, which …
Type: Guide
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Mechanical ventilation systems circulate fresh air throughout the home using ducts and fans allowing for a constant flow of air.
Type: Brochure
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Studies from the Environmental Protection Agency have shown levels of pollutants in your home to be at least five times higher than outdoor levels. There are simple tips to follow to improve your …
Type: White Paper
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Adding replacement windows will save you money on energy bills, reduce your carbon footprint and provide a more comfortable living environment.
Type: White Paper
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Choosing low- or no-VOC paints can increase the air quality in your home, and cause less health effects than traditional paints.
Type: White Paper
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When it comes to choosing eco-friendly components for your home, few decisions cover as much ground as sustainable flooring options.
Type: White Paper
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Spray foam insulation fills the smallest cracks in your home’s envelope, providing optimum energy efficiency and protection from air and water.
Type: White Paper
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There are plenty of benefits to be gained from obtaining LEED green building certification for your home.
Type: White Paper
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Homeowners who modify existing homes or purchase new ones that meet environmental standards can enjoy improved air quality, better energy efficiency and cost savings.
Type: Special Report