healthy homes: Asbestos Prevention and Healthy Tips for the Home
- 03/04/10 06:43 AM
Asbestos Prevention and Healthy Tips for the Home The road to owning a home is a wonderful experience, but one that requires new responsibilities. Homes that are newly purchased may require additional remodeling or repairs. Potential home buyers or those remodeling older homes should be aware homes built before 1980 maintain the chance of containing asbestos. Asbestos is a fibrous mineral that was used in construction applications for the greater part of the 20th century. This does not mean you should be afraid because asbestos exposure is easily prevented by taking simple precautions. It should be noted that most (0 comments)
healthy homes: Dollars & Cents or Protecting the Environment?
- 06/30/09 04:17 AM
Whether you're talking dollars & cents, or environmentalism, the verdict is building green just makes sense. Green building to many builders has been seen as an environmentalist driven fad. Recently there has been increased interest in green homes: but the surge is coming not only from environmentalist, but also from regular families trying to save money on their energy bills. It all boils down to dollars and cents. Buyers want, and in more cases than not-need, homes that save them money. For builders this surge represents an opportunity to capitalize on what is becoming more of the standard than a niche (3 comments)
healthy homes: Why build or buy green?
- 01/03/09 07:09 AM
Green built homes are designed to provide home buyers with comfortable, durable, healthy homes that are cost effective and resource efficient providing years of healthy quality living. Through careful design and efficient building techniques, home owners enjoy security in investment dollars in their home. When consulting with clients I encourage them to consider both the short and long term gains in home investments. Today's home owners have a wide range of quality, energy efficient, sustainable, long lasting, and low maintenance home choices. This means home owners will spend more time enjoying their home and less time keeping up with the cost of (6 comments)
healthy homes: 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)
healthy homes: 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)
healthy homes: Don't ever say "someday when," that day is today.
- 09/07/08 03:54 PM
First let me say thank you to all those that have read my blog posts and left comments. I am still looking into the new NAR GREEN designation, and hope to have more on it very soon. I also wish to thank those of you that are committed to sharing information and experiences about your journey to go green. That is also what this blog is about. I have heard so many people say to me the green movement is coming, it's not here yet but it's around the corner. Then I hear people say things like someday people will live (2 comments)
healthy homes: A green kitchen or bathroom renovation isn't truly green without careful countertop selection
- 07/10/08 01:52 AM
By Linda Ohm, Editor, CounterTop BusinessImages courtesy CounterTop Business magazine A lot of consumers may not think green when they're deciding on countertops for the kitchen or bathroom. When choosing countertop materials, the tendency is to focus on the style, trendiness, beauty of the material, cost and maintenance. Consumers may think that excludes green, but the reality is that one of the most-exciting and fastest-growing areas of the countertop industry is green materials, and they're anything but dull. When it comes to recycled countertop material, the list is extensive. Materials used to create these beautiful and durable surfaces include recycled glass, (5 comments)
healthy homes: Chemicals in the home
- 07/03/08 02:27 AM
Please follow this link to learn more about household products you may be using in your home. Did you know the human body is a sponge? Not only can you breathe in chemicals sprayed in the air, you can absorb them through your skin. Children under 5 are especially suseptable to chemical poisoning. While this video highlights Shakley product, there are many safe products available. Look for the Green Seal Certified Mark to know you are using a truely safe product. http://www.realdirtonclean.com/
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