green products: ReGreen tip number 1
- 10/05/08 05:08 AM
Choosing to go green doesn't have to be a hard complicated process. If you have fun it will make going green not only easy, but an activity everyone can enjoy. Start with one room, I would suggest a bedroom. The idea here is simple, start with paint. Simply look for NO VOC paint at your local home supply center. A quick search online for NO VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) paint in your area will help you locate the supplier. If you have carpet, consider buying wool or carpet made from recycled material. Wool is a natural hypo-allergenic alternative to carpets that … (12 comments)
green products: What you can’t see can hurt you, a look at indoor air quality
- 10/05/08 04:42 AM
Before I choose real estate as a career, I worked in the chemical industry. From the late 1980's commercial chemical sales started to look at the effects of bad indoor air quality, and the notion of sick buildings was formed. Words like environmentally safer and green became the catch words that are now the mainstream of commercial cleaning. This is a look at what they learned and how it can affect your home. More specifically we are going to look at how maintaining your home can create a hazardous risk and how to avoid it. Poor indoor air quality is known … (2 comments)
green products: Guidelines to knowing what products are green.
- 10/04/08 03:25 PM
Defining green and helping you develop the confidence to buy green by familiarizing yourself with a few basic guidelines. •1) A product is green if it improves the indoor air quality (IAQ), or reduces chemical exposure within a home, thereby improving the health of the people who live in it. •2) A product is green if it reduces the impact on the environment through the use of materials that are renewable, recycled, or sustainably harvested as in the case of wood •3) The product helps to reduce water usage, thereby lowering demands on freshwater sources. Products that require intensive infrastructure to … (3 comments)
Learn ways in which to incorporate green, energy efficiency, and sustainability into your home. New construction, re-greening existing homes, affordability, health and in-door air quality are just a few topics discussed
Choosing to go green doesn't have to be a hard complicated process. If you have fun it will make going green not only easy, but an activity everyone can enjoy. Start with one room, I would suggest a bedroom. The idea here is simple, start with paint. Simply look for NO VOC paint at your local home supply center. A quick search online for NO VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) paint in your area will help you locate the supplier. If you have carpet, consider buying wool or carpet made from recycled material. Wool is a natural hypo-allergenic alternative to carpets that … (12 comments)
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