If you have lived in Florida more than a few years … you know about hurricanes! You know about leaks. You know about power outages. And, you probably know about mold!

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Do different Green Home Certifications represent equivalent outcomes? Do different Green Home Standards prepare your house to withstand equivalent real-world challenges? Do different Green Home Standards represent … shades of Green?

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Allergens are too important an aspect of indoor air quality for us not to attempt understand and control allergen sources within our homes.

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Indoor air quality is complicated. One aspect is odor. Odor is best described as a perception that is annoying to some and pleasing to others. In some cases, it related to serious health effects.

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A healthy indoor environment reflects at least four senses: indoor air quality, thermal comfort, illumination, and acoustic comfort. This article discusses the fourth sense: acoustic comfort.

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Building Diagnostics … using IR cameras, blower doors, and ultrasound to find air infiltration.

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My house stinks! My house is moldy! My house is killing me! These are frequent homeowner laments. It could be a parent, an asthmatic, or someone trying to sell a house. Something is simply not right with the indoor environment. If the problem were simple, the solution would be as close as the Yellow Pages. [...]

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Good indoor environment is more than good air quality. It includes comfort and safety.

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Green living starts with energy conservation. Energy consumption touches all aspects of a Green Home: sustainability, indoor environmental quality, water conservation, site selection, material selection and even durability. Energy is truly a gorilla-sized Green Home opportunity! Energy consumption affects what counts most: global climate, international peace, our daily lives, and our pocketbooks! Given that most [...]

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[This is the introduction to a series of articles describing Green Home features for new and existing houses.] Green Homes are critical to a sustainable Environment. The Environment is as big as Planet Earth and as up-close as the air that your family breathes. Indoor environmental quality is improved by many Green Home features: Energy [...]

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