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Article Category: Indoor Air Quality

Margaret Chandler: The Value of Biophilic Office Design: ENO’s HQ Gets a Facelift

The Value of Biophilic Office Design: ENO’s HQ Gets a Facelift Margaret Chandler   The opportunities for biophilic architecture in an industrial office park are not as limited as they might seem.  Eagles Nest Outfitters, an Asheville-based outdoor company also known as ENO, had outgrown their downtown Asheville location and...

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Rick Bayless: Healthy Houses on a Budget: Identifying Ways to Improve Home Health for Less Than $1,000

Healthy Houses on a Budget: Identifying Ways to Improve Home Health for Less Than $1,000 By Rick Bayless    All houses can be sick or healthy. A sick house ultimately brings an overwhelming load of both expenses and costs upon those who own and/or occupy it. These literal and figurative...

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Radon in Our Mountain Homes: Detection and Correction Is Worth the Price

Radon in Our Mountain Homes: Detection and Correction Is Worth the Price Rick Bayless   When you buy a new house, is radon on your radar? In Western North Carolina, the answer should be yes. Radon is an odorless, colorless radioactive gas which arises from uranium and thorium deposits in...

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Whole Living: Completing the Green Experience

Whole Living: Completing the Green Experience Sean D. Sullivan   It’s not hard to see why so many people have been bitten by the green bug. Coast to coast, consumers are realizing that green homes can sell faster — and for more money — than non-green homes. And consumers have...

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Love of Life: Incorporating Biophilic Design at Home

Love of Life: Incorporating Biophilic Design at Home Emily Boyd   We all know from experience that being immersed in nature makes us feel calmer, happier and rejuvenated. We seek a connection with nature, particularly when we are feeling stressed or sick. It was only about 55 years ago that...

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Holding the Vision: The Winding Road to Our Dream Green Home

Holding the Vision: The Winding Road to Our Dream Green Home Mary Love   My wife Deb and I moved to Asheville in 2003 with the dream of building green homes around a farm. At the time, green building was a new concept and investors were wary. Having grown up...

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Phil Long: Hardwood Harvesters

Hardwood Harvesters: Local Sawmills Play Integral Role in Tree-Cycle Movement Phil Long   Green building refers to the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout the building life-cycle. While there are many components of sustainable building, the purpose of this article is to...

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Amy Musser: Heat Pump Revolution

Welcome to the Heat Pump Revolution: The Benefits of Variable-Speed Heat Pumps Amy Musser   Sometimes the green-building industry evolves quickly, with a product making a quantum leap in efficiency. This is happening in 2018 with variable-speed heat pumps. These have been on the market for a couple of years,...

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Victoria Schomer: IAQ Perspective

The IAQ perspective: From a Green Design and Build Baby Boomer By Victoria Schomer   Years ago, and I do mean years, a friend/client told me she was pregnant and needed to renovate a room in their home for their new baby. "Terrific" I thought. "I've got this." I'd already been...

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Rick Bayless: Your Home as an Ecosystem

Your Home as an Ecosystem: Seven Characteristics of Green and Healthy Homes By Rick Bayless   The right balance of green initiatives with environmental home health standards sets the stage for WNC families to thrive, both in lifestyle and wellness. Not only do we live in our homes, but our...

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