Mold Testing is a Bad Idea?
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Mold Testing is a Bad Idea? “Mold testing” is commonly requested. People like the idea of collecting samples and getting actual data back from a microbiological lab, but mold testing results are highly variable and easily misinterpreted. For there to be statistical significance in the results there must be many samples collected, and most project
- Published in Environmental Testing, Healthy Building Inspections & Testing
Air Quality Testing San Francisco – Green Festival
Friday, 30 November 2012
Air Quality Testing San Francisco – Green Festival For the two days we wore passive vapor monitor badges at the Green Festival-SF. This blog about Air Quality Testing San Francisco – Green Festival provides a summary of the air quality sampling methods, lab analysis, and lab results. Air Quality Sampling Methods Vapor monitors offer an
- Published in Environmental Testing, Healthy Building Inspections & Testing
Toxic Building Materials in Residential Construction
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Toxic Building Materials in Residential Construction A reporter from Angie’s List Magazine just asked for my opinion on toxic building materials in residential construction… and while writing my response I realized there was some valuable information to share. Hopefully Angie’s List Magazine will decide to run the piece. Here is my response to some great
Safer Foam Insulation – Reducing Dangerous Flame Retardants
Monday, 26 November 2012
Safer Foam Insulation Flame Retardants Doing More Harm than Good? Safer foam insulation is on its way to becoming a reality in the US construction industry. Momentum for eliminating unnecessary flame retardants from buildings is growing exponentially. The fire safety benefit isn’t adding up to the known hazards associated with halogenated flame retardants. Leading the
- Published in Environmental Testing, Green Building Consulting
Healthy Building News from GreenBuild 2012
Monday, 19 November 2012
Healthy Building News from GreenBuild 2012 More than 30,000 attendees from across the world swarmed into San Francisco for this year’s international GreenBuild conference. The conference is hosted every year by the US Green Building Council, and it’s by far the largest green building conference in the US. GreenBuild is, by default, mostly LEED-centric, but
- Published in Business, Environmental Testing
Are Flame Retardants Dangerous – Foam Can Be Scary
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Flame retardants creeping you out… For years a small (but growing) group of concerned scientists, designers, and public health advocates have been warning about the dangers of flame retardants. It may seem counterintuitive that flame retardants – intended to reduce risk of harm from fire – could be harmful themselves. However, according to many of
- Published in Environmental Testing
Sick Building Materials Smell Bad – What if it’s too late and the building stinks?
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Sick Building Materials Smell Bad- What if it’s too late and the building stinks? At least once a week we get the following call… “We were so careful to only allow healthy materials in our project. But we just moved in and it stinks! We’re worried the building materials smell bad. Can you come test
- Published in Environmental Testing, Green Building Consulting
Making Water from Air – Water Quality Testing
Monday, 21 May 2012
Making Water From Air Drinking Water Quality and Atmospheric Water Generators By David Sasse, Environmental Inpector, B.S. General Biology Many people are concerned with drinking water quality and are making water from air in the home. The booming sales of bottled water is a testament to that fact. As the world becomes more and more
- Published in Environmental Testing