Sentences with phrase «toxic building materials»

Non-toxic line of products we used to stain, paint, and seal everything on the inside so no off - gasing is occurring from toxic building materials.

Green design aims to improve indoor air quality by eliminating toxic building materials.

When building your own you can eliminate all the toxic building materials.

Reduce lung exposure and direct skin absorption by using non toxic building materials, organic household cleaners and personal care products.

Not exact matches

Our products are built with locally sourced materials, are made from recycled content, contain no toxic substances and are readily recyclable at end of life.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

One theory I do find interesting is that pregnancy nausea is a built in survival instinct that keeps us from ingesting food or other substances that could prove toxic to our rapidly growing babies, especially during the first trimester when the infant is more sensitive to harmful materials.

Based on building materials used in the Arctic at the time, the authors speculate the site contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pollutants toxic to human health, along with an unknown volume of low - level radioactive coolant from the nuclear generator.

That material includes everything from buildings and railways, to tanks of diesel fuel, radioactive coolant, and likely an unknown amount of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Translating roughly as, «to devour oneself,» autophagy breaks down toxic materials that build up inside of a cell when it is under duress.

«Air quality in «green» housing affected by toxic chemicals in building materials: Findings could lead to healthier homes, especially for low - income groups living in subsidized housing.»

This is a consequence of toxic emissions from building materials, airborne mold, viruses, and various pollutants.

It's an ongoing process, because even if you do a significant amount of detox and you remove as many toxic products from your life as possible, you'll always be exposed to pollution in the air you breathe, man - made materials you touch, and the building materials you come into contact with every day.

When the liver, kidneys, bowel, lungs and skin become burdened by toxic overload they do not function optimally and toxic material build up in the tissues and accumulates in the blood.

In newer school buildings the trend towards tightly sealed construction design — to reduce noise for example — plus the use of certain synthetic building materials, toxic paints and varnishes, and items of furniture and carpets that off - gas chemicals such as formaldehyde, all contribute to indoor air pollution.

Since 1994, they have promoted a culture of creative reuse and the diversion of usable and toxic materials from landfills and Louisiana's fragile marine ecosystems by recycling discarded paint and reselling usable building materials.

We are working with eight affordable housing developers that are using the Living Building Challenge Framework for Affordable Housing to build homes that have no energy bills, are free from toxic materials, and are truly sustainable for future generations.

is perfectly correct, however you have overlooked safe, Green material, for insulating Homes, and especially small tiny houses, Reflective Insulation is the answer, Our company KdB Insulation Ireland, have been campaigning for years about the dangers of toxic insulation, I invite you to visit our website http://www.kdbinsulation.com where you will fine the presentation on the history of insulation going back to the ancient Greeks up until today's choice of material, I presented this History of Insulation at the RIMA Conference that was held in London 2014, All the Insulation mentioned in your report are conductors, that work by slowing down the passage of warm air from one - side to the other side and retaining the heat generated within the building.

This isn't to say we should continue using toxic materials in our buildings; we most definitely should eliminate all toxic materials from our buildings where possible.

It's being fought in the states and in Congress, as the green building industry tries to minimize the use of plastics made from toxic materials, fossil fuels, and flame retardants, and the giant chemical industry and its plastic empire loyalists fight to defend their plastic turf.

And that's too bad, since with a little attention to the details, tile can be darn green: As Building Green (PDF) tells us, «tile is an inherently low - toxic, water - proof, durable ï ¬ nish material for ï ¬ «ooring, walls, and other applications.»

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Both materials are derived from petrochemicals which have been linked to toxic off - gassing and will have a negative impact on the environment after the lifespan of the building.