Take an inside look into emerging markets and trends. Gain valuable new perspectives from HBN experts and our partners. Be inspired to know better.
Take an inside look into emerging markets and trends. Gain valuable new perspectives from HBN experts and our partners. Be inspired to know better.
Bill Walsh | November 17, 2008 | Policies
Bill Walsh | November 06, 2008 | Materials
Bill Walsh | October 23, 2008 | Policies
There is a choice to be made: to promote economic policies that despoil indigenous land, or to support culture and the remaining biological sanctuaries. - Paul Hawken, Blessed Unrest, p.103.
In this issue, I continue my discussion of the US Green Building Council’s proposed revisions to the LEED® wood credit with Doug Pierce of Perkins...
Bill Walsh | October 09, 2008 | Policies
Bill Walsh | July 24, 2008 | Policies
Michael Schade | July 01, 2008 | Materials
A new analysis conducted by two independent laboratories finds that 6 hours after opening a common vinyl shower curtain, it would load a typical bathroom with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over 16 times the guidelines for indoor air quality established by the U.S. Green Building Council and the Washington State Indoor Air Quality Program, and w...
Bill Walsh | May 15, 2008 | Optimizing Recycling
from Forbo Sustain brochure Sustain is not perfect. It sometimes claims broad credit for changes that were driven by law, nor is it 100% transparent.[8] We disagree with the assertion that PVC may not always be the most detrimental plastic floor in some cases. But in combination with their Annual Health Safety & Environment Report, Forbo has a...
Bill Walsh | May 07, 2008 | Policies
Pamela Gilbert | January 11, 2008 | Policies
This issue of the Healthy Building News was originally going to discuss the growing confusion over green product standards and certifications, following up on an excellent article in the latest issue of the Environmental Building News. Then we got word of a controversial effort by the PVC industry to weaken Underwriters Laboratories' performanc...
Bill Walsh | December 19, 2007 | Optimizing Recycling
Dear Friends, First things first -- Thank You to our readers for the encouragement and support you have given to the Healthy Building News. Your ongoing interest in and support of our work is one of the reasons why the past five years have been a success. Since 2002 we have tried to provide green building professionals with timely, reliable informa...
