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2014 Healthy Building Professional Summit
Sponsored by IAQ Training Institute, LLC of Central City, PA The 2014 Healthy Building Professional Summit will be held August 18-22, 2014 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, 777 Waterwheel Drive, Seven Springs, PA. The weeklong event includes fundamental, intermediate and advanced level education on residential and commercial indoor air quality (healthy building) assessments. Eight nationally ...
By IAQ Radio
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GreenSpec+Pharos Partnership Gives Users Competitive Advantage in Specifying Green Building Products
(3BLMedia/theCSRfeed) CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 17, 2010 - Architects, designers, engineers and others who need an affordable, comprehensive, flexible tool for specifying green building products will benefit from the strategic partnership announced today by BuildingGreen and the Healthy Building Network (HBN). The two organizations will link their web-based green building research sites - GreenSpec ...
By 3BL Media
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EPA recognizes four communities for improving environment through smart growth efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized four communities for helping to reduce air pollution and improve the quality of life of older adults through smart growth efforts. Smart growth refers to neighborhoods that are creatively designed to reduce driving and environmental harm. These four communities received EPA’s Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging awards because ...
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ASID foundation names healthy building network winner of $100,000 research grant
The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation (ASID Foundation) has awarded $100,000 to the Materials Research Collaborative, a two-year project of the Healthy Building Network (HBN). The Foundation received proposals from more than 60 interior designers, scientists and educators for projects focusing on how interior design improves human behavior. A central element of the partnership ...
By 3BL Media
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Is Pharos the Wikileaks for Building Materials?
The word of the year 2010 is transparency. Credit its prominence to the modern James Bondian figure Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks divulgence of state secrets. But WikiLeaks’ efforts have done as much to cloud the debate over transparency as they have to shed light on matters that impact our daily lives. What the Pharos Project shares with WikiLeaks is being a transformative platform ...
By 3BL Media
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IAQ Radio Interviews Eckardt Johanning, MD on Effective Remediation After Natural Disasters
This week on IAQ Radio Eckardt Johanning, M.D., M.Sc., PhD joins us to discuss the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the recently announced conference Safe and Effective Flood and Mold Remediation -After the Super Storm Sandy and other Natural Disasters. Eckardt Johanning, M.D., M.Sc., PhD. is the Medical Director of Occupational and Environmental Life Science, and the Fungal Research Group ...
By IAQ Radio
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New LEED pilot credits advance while chemical data gap looms
Last year the USGBC introduced two new Pilot Credits[1] that reward precautionary action, the avoidance of certain classes of chemicals in the face of mounting evidence that they present significant threats to human health.[2] Industry trade groups fought these measures as they fight all chemical regulation, with the argument restrictions or disincentives against chemical use must be based upon ...
By 3BL Media
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Girl scouts of the USA initiates search for new national CEO
Girl Scouts of the USA has initiated its search for a new Chief Executive Officer to replace Kathy Cloninger, who announced her retirement in September and plans to transition from her position in November of 2011. "The selection of a new CEO," said Connie Lindsey, National President, Girl Scouts of the USA, "marks the next step in Girl Scouting's evolution. Kathy Cloninger has led this ...
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Jamba juice launches `sip to support 10% give back program as part of Jamba`s Commitment to Building Healthy Communities
Sign Up Today -- It's Easy, Fun and a Healthy Way to Feel Good about Giving Back At Jamba Juice, nothing feels quite as good as helping out the community. That's why the Company announced today it is making support for schools and community organizations easy, fun and healthy by launching Sip to Support – a 10% give back swipe card fundraising program – as part of Jamba's commitment ...
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Rebalancing licensing to keep the peace
Environmental Protection UK has recently responded to a Home Office consultation on proposals for licensing reform. The proposals would steamline and strengthen the powers of licencing authorities, with a stated aim of managing the impacts and behavour associated with excessive drinking. While there is no overt reference to the preventative role licensing plays in noise management, it is ...
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Nov. 30 science class in Kansas City, Kan., to kick off EPAs 40 years protecting communities (KS, MO)
News media representatives are invited to attend a Nov. 30 science class at Resurrection Catholic School in Kansas City, Kan., at which EPA representatives and school staff will highlight environmental education and EPA’s 40th anniversary. During the class, EPA representatives will teach students about the Agency’s 40 years of protecting American communities. EPA representatives will ...
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EPA recognizes two universities for building healthier communities for the aging
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that two universities are being recognized for improving the quality of life of older residents through community planning and strategies that support active aging and smart growth. The University of Maine’s Center on Aging and Portland University will each receive $100,000 as the recipients of the 2009 Building Healthy Communities for Active ...
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EPA Announces Commitment and Achievement Awards to Recognize Community Development and Active Aging
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting applications for the Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging awards. The awards recognize outstanding community planning and strategies that support active aging. EPA presents the awards to communities that demonstrate the best and most inclusive overall approach to implementing smart growth and ...
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EPA recognizes four communities’ efforts to improve seniors’ health through sustainability (DC)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing four communities that are helping reduce air pollution and improve people’s health and overall quality of life through smart growth neighborhoods. These are communities designed with the principle of reducing commutes and environmental harm. These four communities are receiving EPA’s Building Healthy Communities for Active ...
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EPA offers proven solutions to support sustainable community goals (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the formation of Sustainable Communities Building Blocks, a program designed to help interested communities adopt sustainable planning methods. Sustainable planning helps safeguard the environment and spur economic development while also improving Americans’ health. Interested communities are invited to apply to receive ...
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Athena Institute Partners with GreenWizard
GreenWizard® – a cloud-based product management and project collaboration solution that simplifies building efficient, healthy, and sustainable buildings – announced it has partnered with Athena Sustainable Materials Institute. GreenWizard and Athena will work to advance life cycle thinking in construction through easy access to LCA-based building product data. ...
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EPA and Tribal Workgroup Launch Toolkit to Support Tribal Green Building
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its Tribal Green Building Codes Workgroup—which consists of representatives from tribal nations and federal agencies—announced a new toolkit designed to assist tribes to prioritize and implement healthy, green building policies and practices. Traditional tribal buildings were often informed by cultural values and an intimate ...
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2011 Indoor Air Expo Video Report Just Released
On February 15th, 2011, indoor air quality professionals from across the globe converged in San Antonio, Texas for the largest dedicated Indoor Air Expo in the nation. This year’s conference was called “The Summit for Healthy Home and Healthy Building Professionals.” For the third year in a row the exposition halls of the Indoor Air Expo were shared with members from both the ...
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Introducing Impact services: Q&A
A conversation with the people behind the concept In the following interview, Steve Lodge, Head of Services at Emerald Publishing, together with Dr Julie Bayley, Director of Research Impact Development, University of Lincoln and Dr David Phipps, Assistant VP Research Strategy and Impact, York University, Toronto and Network Director, Research Impact Canada, introduce Emerald’s new ...
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Spring Maintenance Tips for a Healthy Home Discussed in New Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses spring maintenance tips for a healthy home or commercial building. “Preparing a property for the spring and the upcoming hot summer temperatures could help prevent costly repairs and increase a building’s energy efficiency,” ...
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