Green home design focuses on minimizing the impact of construction on the environment. This means using more sustainable materials, using less energy and water while people live there, and deconstruction adds another dimension to green home design. When designing homes for deconstruction, an …
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Home Safety Tips When You’re Traveling
When you're traveling, you'll enjoy yourself more knowing everything at home is in order. This home safety checklist makes it easy to review and check off the things you want to do before leaving your home vacant for a few days to several weeks. The checklist will make it easy to walk through the …
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Carbon Monoxide, The Silent Killer at Home
Carbon monoxide can invade our home and kill, and you'll never see it. It's especially deadly at night when you're asleep and you won't realize you're getting sick. People with greater oxygen needs like pregnant women, babies, children, senior citizens and those with coronary/respiratory problems …
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Help! Fire Trucks Outside My House?
Fire safety is a huge problem in the US, with one of the highest rates of death and injury due to fires of any country. In fact, fire -- both flames and smoke -- is the second leading cause of accidental death in American homes with more than 4,000 deaths each year due to home fires. There are …
Lead Poisoning & Lead-Safe Rules from the EPA
Lead poisoning occurs from even minute quantities of dust that we can't see. Lead builds up in our bodies which causes health problems. In April 2010, the EPA put into place strict new rules for all residential (YOUR home) renovation, repair and painting projects. The rules apply to all homes built …
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Incredible Recycling Resource Locator
Everyone is talking about going green and going green means many things. One big item is recycling and often the biggest hurdle to recycling is ... where do you take things to make sure they get recycled properly. There is a fantastic website, www.Earth911.com, to help you find almost any type of …
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