Building Clean Home Radon Levels Go From Low to Dangerous within 150 Feet Sep 18, 2020 Building Clean and its Habitat for Humanity partner in Rochester, N.Y., have found a cautionary example of how radon exposure can vary greatly even in the same neighborhood.
Continuing Our Mission During the COVID-19 Pandemic Mar 13, 2020 As workers and communities around the country struggle with the new reality surrounding COVID-19, the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation remains committed to our mission of educating the public about the job-creating potential of environmental solutions.
Building Clean Does Daylight Saving Time even save energy? Spring forward on energy efficiency anyways! Mar 08, 2020 Daylight Saving Time has been used in the U.S. since World War I in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. But how much energy does Daylight Saving Time actually save?
Building Clean Winter Energy Saving Tips Feb 02, 2020 Take a look at these energy-saving best practices.
Building Clean Building Clean Teams up With HPN Select to Help Affordable Housing Owners Find Local Building Products Oct 30, 2019 Building Clean and HPN Select, a Housing Partnership Network social enterprise, announced a partnership to help affordable housing owners find locally manufactured building products. With Building Clean’s assistance, HPN Select will add the manufacturing location—city and state—to thousands of building products in the Select EcoGuide, a database highlighting the health and sustainability of materials used by nonprofit multifamily housing developers.
Building Clean Failing Water Infrastructure Impacts Health Aug 28, 2019 The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2017 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure awarded the infrastructure that delivers the water Americans drink a grade of “D.”
Building Clean Construction: It’s a Woman’s World Aug 21, 2019 The number of women working in construction has consistently hovered around 10 percent since 1996. However of women working in construction only 21 percent are actively working on sites as opposed to in administrative or office roles.
Building Clean What’s In Your Water? Aug 07, 2019 PFAS are a family of man-made chemicals that arrived on the scene in the 1950s and have been manufactured and used in a wide variety of consumer products ever since. An estimated 99 percentof Americans have traces of PFAS in their blood.
Building Clean Latest Project from A Tiny Home for Good Applauded by Building Clean Jul 26, 2019 A Tiny Home for Good today held a ribbon cutting ceremony in Syracuse after the completion of its latest project, four homes at 216 Slocum Avenue in Southeast Syracuse.
Building Clean Building Clean Presents at 2019 Congressional Clean Energy Expo Jul 23, 2019 Last week Building Clean was at the 22nd Annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo and Policy Forum along with 40 other businesses, trade associations, government agencies, and nonprofits. We talked energy efficiency, jobs, and health.