| A Breath of Fresh Air |
| Keeping Indoor Air Clean and Comfortable
by Dana Bres and Peter Ashley, for the PATH Partners
by Dana Bres and Peter Ashley, for the PATH Partnersillustration by Heather Guthrie
Clearing the Air:
It happens to everyone. You get a little distracted, overcook dinner, and then all evening, someone's asking, "What's burning?!"Cooking odors are just ... |
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| Heat for the Feet |
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Radiant Floor Heating
by Susan Conbere and Kate Fried, for the PATH Partners
At the height of summer, your home heating system may be the farthest thing from your mind. But if you’re planning a new home, it’s not too early to think about the kind of system you want installed. And ... |
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| Holistic Home |
| A Better Living Approach
When it came to building their new home in West Pasco, Washington, Betsy and Keith Peterson wanted a home that would deliver energy efficiency; a comfortable, healthy living environment; security; water conservation; and lasting durability. And their high-performance, environmentally-friendly home also had to be affordable – on ... |
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| Plan Now To Breathe Easier Later |
| Plan Now to Breathe Easier LaterStudies conducted by the EPA indicate indoor levels of pollutants are sometimes 2-5 times higher than outdoor levels
Sniffle prevention. Planning ahead before you build to make your home's air healthier, may save on tissues later.
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| Silence Is Golden |
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Your home is a factory. It has all the equipment and processes of almost any factory: fans, blowers, pumps, cleaning and laundering, waste disposal, heating and cooling, refrigeration, even accounting.
Unlike a factory, your home should also be designed to provide a calm, livable environment – one that maximizes comfort and ... |
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| Tame Your Utilities |
| When you’re thinking about building a new home, the location of the plumbing, heating and cooling systems probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Or the second. But if easier maintenance, greater comfort and lower energy bills sound appealing, it’s worth giving some thought to where these systems ... |
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| Residential Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems |
| Over 500,000 homes throughout the United States use Geothermal heating and cooling systems with national customer satisfaction ratings over 90 percent. Over 1,000 customers a year in Michigan choose these Geothermal systems. Geothermal systems have successfully been installed north of the Arctic Circle so the cold weather in Michigan is ... |
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