Holiday Home Safety Tips
The winter holidays are a time for celebration, and that means more cooking, home decorating, entertaining, and an increased risk of fire...
Home Repair Rip-Offs
Homeowners have more to worry about than being ripped off by shady contractors in this lagging economy, but such a climate brings...
Plants and Indoor Air Quality
Raising plants indoors is a home-healthy move because of their ability to clean the air of carbon dioxide, but their benefits don't stop...
Wind Damage, Part 2
HOW WIND CREATES DAMAGE UPLIFT One of the destructive forces created by wind is uplift, which is the tendency of materials to be lifted...
Constructed Wetlands: The Economic Benefits of Runoff Controls
People have a strong emotional attachment to water, arising from its aesthetic qualities -- tranquility, coolness and beauty. As a...
EMFs in the Home
Electromagnetic Fields Can the electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) to which people are routinely exposed cause health effects? What are...