air quality

Early on in our design process we decided to use either a low or no-VOC paint.  The paint that we selected is Sherwin Williams Harmony.  The paint meets the GS-11 standard and qualifies for LEED certified projects.  Yes, it’s good for the environment (reduces smog and ozone pollution) but even more important it is good for your health.  Workers are more productive in non-toxic environments, less prone to illness, and employees feel that their employer cares about their personal health.

The same Washington Post newspaper that so courageously uncovered the Watergate assault on American values now investigates the way Vice-President Cheney secretly manipulates the enactment of environmental policies to make sure his supporters wring the last drop of water, coal, power and cash from the natural world Americans depend on. He reroutes rivers, fills in valleys, drills where the polar bear should roam - a little asthma or cancer never seems to have hurt anyone he ever met....

Schumer Urges FEMA And Army Corps Of Engineers To Meet With Re-Tread Products And Examine The Product’s Potential; Calls Re-Tread A Win-Win-Win For NY, The Gulf Coast And The Environment In Wake Of Last Year’s Hurricanes, Retread Products Is Designing A New Construction Material To Be Used In Flood Control And Levee Construction That Will Bend, Not Brake, Made From Recycled Waste Tire

Re Tread Products Inc. (RTP) is researching the commercial development of a new building material made from recycled tires called the "Tire Log". The Tire Log is a patented innovation made from waste tires with a unique and energy efficient approach to recycling tires. RTP recycling method is based on a simple procedure that helically wraps the steel belted tread of the tire around a core of tire treads to essentially any length or diameter. The net result is a building material that engineers say could revolutionize flood control, earthquake survivability and homeland security.

Re-Tread Products is a startup company based on the development of our recently patented Tire Log that is made from recycled waste car and truck tires.Our top goal priority at this point is to develop a team of professionals that can visualize the potential of our simple yet effective product and turn that potential into reality.

Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee (IOC), discusses the decision to postpone events at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing due topollution and air quality and how those decisions will be arrived at.

Step outside and take a long, deep breath. Was the air clean and fresh or are you hacking up a lung? Read the American Lung Association's 2007 State of the Air Report and more ways you can reduce outdoor air pollution.

Additional details about maintaining air quality during the demolition stage.  Thinkspace is seeking LEED-CI certification and is writing a blog with details about the green tenant improvement project.

The Thinkspace project in Redmond, WA is using HEPA filters during the demolition stage of the tenant improvement build-out.  Thinkspace is seeking LEED-CI certification.

The committee hears about the serious health threats to children and families from air pollution that pours into port communities from large ships. Thisis a legislative hearing to review a bill that would substantially cut air pollution from these ships. Large ocean going vessels - container ships, tankers, and cruise ships - are among the largest contributors to deadly diesel air pollution in our port communities. And with international trade projected togrow significantly, the problem will only get worse.

Ranking of top green cities. Sadly, my home town of Washington, DC was #12

Drew Kodjak, Executive Director, The International Council on Clean Transportation, is interviewed about pollution and greenhouse gases emitted from the world's oceangoing ships, particularly cargo vessels. He discusses what industry and others are doing to address the problem.

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US residents can now check out what they’re being poisoned with by checking out this new tool provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency and Google Earth. Check for levels of carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, VOCs, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide; and identify big emitters. A handy tool for deciding where to live if you're moving.