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What are VOCs?
The Green Access Home at Suncadia is a 5-Star Built Green home meaning it has minimal toxicity or volatile organic compounds. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) refers to organic chemical compounds which have significant vapor pressures and which can affect the environment and human health. There are many types of VOCs which occur naturally and are man-made, [...]
Continue reading...Don’t try this at home: When you should leave home-improvement projects to the experts
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Seattle Times recently published an article about home improvement projects do-it-yourselfers (DIYs) should not do. This is a great article and I will briefly recap a few basic points: Look at the tools required for the job. Jayme Tip: Most home accidents happen when people use power tools, saws and ladders improperly. If you don’t have [...]
Continue reading...Every Day Four Workers Die – Free Safety Guide
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
In the current Health and Safety in Construction Bulletin, there was a snippet about preventing jobsite falls. This is a good article to read from the CDC. Every day, four construction workers die on the job. Falls are a leading cause of fatalities at construction sites, and you need to take precautions to prevent them. This [...]
Continue reading...How To Prevent Falls On The Jobsite – A Free Safety Guide
Monday, May 17, 2010
In the current Health and Safety in Construction Bulletin, there was a snippet about preventing jobsite falls. This is a good article to read from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a good safety guide. Every day, four construction workers die on the job. Falls are a leading cause of fatalites at construction sites, and [...]
Continue reading...Need To Buy A Gift?… Look No Further Than Weeplant
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
This is a really cool company – with really cool products which are fairly inexpensive and would make excellent corporate gifts, marketing promotional material or even family presents!!! Weeplant Corporation is a woman owned, Californian company that was built on a strong idea: improve green consciousness through a positive symbol, a real tiny plant that you [...]
Continue reading...Lead-Paint Rule Could Blunt Home-Star Energy Retrofit Push
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Article from Nation’s Building News Remodeling members of NAHB have visited Capitol Hill and the White House in recent weeks in an effort to delay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s implementation of new Lead Safe Work Practices for contractors working on older homes. The EPA only began certifying trainers for the regulation last July, [...]
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