Sentences with phrase «indoor environmental quality for»

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Specific policies include researching methods to improve indoor air quality; instituting a Clean Water Act to ensure Albertans have safe drinking water; protecting provincial parks and ecological reserves; requiring government to meet high environmental standards in their operations; requiring Ecological Assessments for all large projects in the province; and establishing an Alberta environmental ombudsman and elected Ecological Impact Assessment Review Panels to monitor environmental impacts and halt projects.

Healthy Schools Network recommends simple activities such as: • Adopting Guiding Principles of School Environmental Quality as a policy for your School; • Distributing information related to Green Cleaning or Indoor Air Quality (IAQ); • Writing a letter or visiting your Principal or Facility Director to ask about cleaning products or pest control products; • Walking around your school: looking for water stains, cracks in outside walls, broken windows or steps, and overflowing dumpsters that are health & safety problems that need attention.

The Green Guide used 12 criteria for rating green hospitals: 1) siting, 2) water efficiency, 3) energy and air pollutions, 4) materials and resources, 5) indoor environmental quality, 6) healthy hospital food, 7) green education, 8) procurement, 9) contaminants, 10) green cleaning, 11) waste reduction, and 12) healing gardens.

Although no federal indoor air quality standards protect women and children in schools, the Environmental Protection Agency does provide some guidance for schools.

Indoor Air — IAQ Tools for Schools involves the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site and provides answers to frequently asked questions concerning schools and air quality.

The district also uses initiatives such as the Environmental Protection Agency's «Tools for Schools» program to help correct or prevent problems with indoor air quality.

As educators developed greater understanding of environmental conditions that affect a school facility, building upgrades also took into account the need for proper acoustics and good indoor air quality into the discussion about building improvements.

The High Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007 (S. 506) encourages government buildings to become greener by achieving the highest standards for energy efficiency, indoor air quality and other environmental impacts.

The LEED point - based scoring system includes programs for Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum for new buildings, existing buildings, homes, schools and neighborhood development, and ranges from a minimum of 26 to 69 points measured across the entire lifecycle of a facility, including site sustainability, water efficiency, energy & atmosphere, materials & resources and indoor environmental quality.

LEED ® provides benchmarks for the design, construction and operation of a property and covers site makeup, building materials, water and energy efficiency as well as indoor environmental quality.

The certification process for new buildings begins with site selection, then moves on to energy efficiency, water efficiency, materials used, and indoor environmental quality.

«Even with the best intentions, indoor environmental quality issues may emerge with interventions that have not been sufficiently well screened for their effects on occupant safety and health,» the report said.

Improved standards for elements that affect indoor air quality for occupants, especially people with environmental sensitivities, have been set out in the proposed Accessible Built Environment Standard under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

The new test is available for licensing on a nonexclusive basis by labs, indoor air quality specialists, and other environmental professionals.

The company performs environmental audits on homes, which tests for energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and other factors.

Resources: Robyn Breece, marketing manager, M / I Homes, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jeffrey Cohen, contractor, Canada & Klein LT, Chicago, Ill.; Michael Glassman, landscape designer, Michael Glassman & Associates, Sacramento, Calif.; Story Hedges, senior technical professional, entomologist, Terminix International, Memphis, Tenn.; Sean Murphy, DIY specialist, Build.com, Chico, Calif.; Karen Parziale, stager The Real Estate Staging Studio, Hoboken, N.J.; Sheri Ann Richerson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Seed Saving and Starting (Alpha Books, DK Publishing), Mark Schmidt, principal scientist, John Deere, Cary, N.C.; Robert Weitz, environmental testing for lead, asbestos, indoor air quality, RTK Ennvironmental Group, Stamford, Conn..

The benefits of green homes include: • Lower operational costs than conventional homes due to greater energy and water efficiency, which can result in lower utility bills; • High quality construction, since green label requirements for building materials and techniques often go beyond standard building codes; • More comfortable and stable indoor temperatures; • Healthier indoor air quality; and • Other features that reduce environmental impact such as proximity to parks, shops and transit.

«Help Yourself to a Healthy Home» is a self - help booklet for parents and caregivers that provides information about housing - related environmental health issues, including asthma and allergies, lead, mold and moisture, carbon monoxide, indoor air quality, drinking water, hazardous household products, home safety and pesticides.

We have performed over 7,000 MOLD and HOME inspections, as well as providing specialized testing for: thermal imaging, EMF / RF, Mycotoxins, ERMI, VOC, allergens, bacteria and other indoor air quality environmental issues.

Curry and his team are currently building their own indoor environmental quality sensor for commercial and residential applications.