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Builders Share Their Thoughts on Health and Hazards in Building Products

Oct 15, 2021

The Building Clean project is interested in shaping research and educational materials that can help builders take a health-centered approach to understand building products, including what chemicals of concern are in building products and how to identify and purchase healthier options.

Overexposed and Underserved

Oct 13, 2021

Where you live—and the products that make up where you live—matter. Housing is a source of exposure to various air pollutants as a result of off-gassing from unhealthy or degrading building materials. Indoor environments can allow pollutants to accumulate, resulting in indoor levels many times higher than outdoor levels, increasing the risk of asthma and infectious and respiratory diseases.

Buy Local Buy Healthy

Buy Local, Buy Healthy, and Save!

Sep 14, 2021

How buying efficient, healthier, and U.S.-made products are not only cost-competitive but can actually save you money!

Building Clean

Why You Need to Use a Certified HVAC Installer

Jun 22, 2021

The following post is from Michael Miranda, LEED AP, HERS Rater—Outreach Manager, for the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation’s Building Clean initiative. Your heating system (furnace, boiler, or heat pump) is likely to die during the middle of winter when it is working the hardest. The same is true with your air conditioner (A/C or heat pump)…

Building Clean

BuildingHealthy.org Examines Healthy Building Practices within Building Certifications

Mar 30, 2021

A new website released today examines the healthy building practices in more than 20 residential building certifications. The site, BuildingHealthy.org, focuses on healthy building practices that have a direct impact on occupants and that are considered permanent features of the building.

Buy Local Buy Healthy

INFORM Magazine Article: Specifying American-Made Building Products

Feb 25, 2021

Dana Parker, the National Program Manager for the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation, penned a feature article for INFORM Magazine, which is published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Virginia.

BuildingClean.org Adds Building Enclosure Products to American-Made Building Product Database

Feb 09, 2021

BuildingClean.org, an online tool that links the energy, housing, and health sectors together, today announced the addition of building enclosure products to its American-made building product database.

BuildingClean.org Report Finds “Buy American” Policies Would Dramatically Boost Manufacturing Jobs Making Energy-Efficient Products

Feb 02, 2021

A new report released today by BuildingClean.org found increasing the rate of residential deep retrofits across the nation coupled with the implementation of Buy American procurement policies could create more than 170,000 American manufacturing jobs.

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.

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Builders Share Their Thoughts on Health and Hazards in Building Products

Overexposed and Underserved

Buy Local, Buy Healthy, and Save!

Why You Need to Use a Certified HVAC Installer

BuildingHealthy.org Examines Healthy Building Practices within Building Certifications

INFORM Magazine Article: Specifying American-Made Building Products

BuildingClean.org Adds Building Enclosure Products to American-Made Building Product Database

BuildingClean.org Report Finds “Buy American” Policies Would Dramatically Boost Manufacturing Jobs Making Energy-Efficient Products

Home Radon Levels Go From Low to Dangerous within 150 Feet

Continuing Our Mission During the COVID-19 Pandemic