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Moving Beyond TVOC - Reasons to avoid the use of TVOC as Pass/Fail criterion for assessing VOC emissions from products [1%] by hlevin, 05-24-10 14:19: by Al Hodgson, Co-founder and Research Director, Berkeley Analytical Associates
Critical Review: How Well Do House Plants Perform as Indoor Air Cleaners? [1%] by hlevin, 04-03-10 11:27: JR Girman, T Phillips, and H Levin *Corresponding email: jrgirman@aol.com
Sunshine and Natural Ventilation, lots of it as the cure for the flu? [1%] by hlevin, 01-08-10 16:36: An article appearing in the American Journal of Public Health describes a number of approaches to dealing pandemic flu outbreaks including the devastating ...
The Best Laid Schemes.... [1%] by hlevin, 11-26-08 19:08: SOM has established a joint project with Renssalear Polytechnic called the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) where students and Skidmore ...
IAQ and Plants [1%] by hlevin, 04-04-10 06:49: The idea that plants clean indoor air is a sad, continuing saga fed by bad science, commercial interests, and wishful thinking.
Cement Sequesters CO₂: Wouldn’t it be lovely? [1%] by hlevin, 04-07-09 18:17: Cement is one of the most carbon emissions intensive parts of today’s buildings, and more often than not, one of the most widely used materials in pure mass ...
Edifice Complex: An Anatomy of Sick Building Syndrome Control and Abatement [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:15: The complexity of modern buildings presents significant unmet challenges to designers, operators and investigators. Problems other than air quality can cause ...
Sick Building Syndrome Review and Exploration of Causation Hypotheses and Control Methods [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:16: Control and abatement of indoor air quality (IAQ) problems are dependent upon reliable investigation and diagnosis. Sick building syndrome (SBS), building ...
Building Design for Good Indoor Air Quality [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:13: The basic function of a building is to shelter occupants from outdoor elements and provide a healthy, comfortable environment for productive activity.
Building Design and Material Selection [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:12: Studies of indoor air quality (IAQ) and occupant health and comfort only identify associations of risk factors without demonstrating causality. Logical ...
Indoor Air Quality By Design [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:11: Good indoor air quality happens by design, not by accident. In fact it is simply one aspect of good design.
IAQ: Whose Responsibility. The Problem is Not Energy Conservation [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:09: A popular myth holds that energy conservation measures, implemented since the oil crises of the 1970s, cause indoor air pollution problems. This myth ignores ...
Estimating Building Material Contributions to Indoor Air Pollution [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:07: Many professionals and scientists are attempting to identify low-emitting building materials during building design. Others need to model indoor air quality ...
Physical Factors in the Indoor Environment [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 16:06: This chapter presents a discussion of physical factors in the nonindustrial indoor environment that affect human health, comfort, productivity, and well-being.
Renewables in Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:52: Ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality is one of the key services a building provides to its occupants. Indoor air quality depends on a complicated ...
Design for Indoor Air Quality: Addressing the Global Environmental Context [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:51: Historically, indoor air quality (IAQ) deteriorated because it was largely ignored as other issues were addressed. In spite of the currently increasing ...
Critical Review of Environmental Assessment of Building Materials [1%] by hlevin, 07-11-08 13:29
Screening and Selecting Building Materials and Products Based on Their Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:47: The cost of emissions tests and other factors have discouraged nearly all but the largest product manufacturers from obtaining emissions data. Emissions data, ...
Quality Indoor Environments and Sustainable Buildings -- Can We Have Them Both? [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:46: The quality of the indoor environment and the impact of the built environment on sustainability have been discussed increasingly in recent years, yet little ...
What's a Green Material? Many Views, Questions, and Issues [1%] by hlevin, 04-07-09 18:09: What does "green" mean? Who decides?
A Sustainable Environment Basis for Education in Indoor Air Sciences [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:44: It has become increasingly clear that human population growth and development activities have combined to place a growing, perhaps excessive burden on ...
Sustainable Building Practices in California State Buildings [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:42: The State of California, until recently, did not have a centralized, coordinated effort to define and integrate sustainable building practices in the State's ...
Special Environmental Requirements for a California State Office Building [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:41: A Special Environmental Requirements specification was developed for screening building materials based on modeling maximum chemical concentrations ...
A Priority Agenda for Energy-Related Indoor Environmental Quality Research [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:40: Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and building energy use are both strongly influenced by a building's design, construction, operation, and maintenance, by ...
Development of Guidelines for Healthy Home Construction in the United States and Challenges Faced in the Process [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:38: In the past decade the general population in the USA has developed a heightened awareness on indoor air quality (IAQ) issues. As a result there is a ...
Summary of On-Going Federal Research Into the Effects of Environmental Quality in Schools on the Health or Performance of Students and Teachers [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:37: Section 5414 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 mandates that the U.S. Department of Education will design a national study of the health and learning ...
California Indoor Air Quality Specifications for Open Office Systems Furniture and Building Materials [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:36: California has a long history of contributing to increased understanding of indoor air quality issues and the means to enhance the quality of air in buildings. ...
VOC Source Strengths in Pre- and Post-Occupancy Periods of a New California State Office Building [1%] by hlevin, 04-15-09 15:34: Volatile organic compound (VOC) source strength data are valuable for identifying and addressing important sources of potential VOC exposure in buildings. ...
Integrating Indoor Air Quality Considerations Into Materials Life Cycle Assessment [1%] by hlevin, 04-07-09 18:55: Buildings design professionals and their clients are increasingly interested in the environmental performance of their designs. So-called "life cycle ...
Climate-Change Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities in California's Residential Building Sector [1%] by hlevin, 04-07-09 18:06: How buildings are built and operated strongly affects atmospheric CO₂ levels and the associated threat of climate change. Today; global average fossil CO₂ ...

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