Indoor air quality is a major concern to businesses, building managers, tenants, and employees because it can impact the health, comfort, well being, and productivity of building occupants. Most Americans spend up to 90% of their time indoors and many spend most of their working hours in an ...
The Ouchidas are victims of indoor air pollution, which is not given sufficient attention partly because of the nation's drive to save energy.The problem itself isn't new.“The indoor environment was dirty long before energy conservation came along,”says Moschandreas, a pollution scientist at ...
With indoor air pollutiona growing concern, green interior design is also increasingly focused on improving air quality in the workplace—for example, with eco-friendly furniture that does not emitpolluting volatile organic compounds(VOCs), and internal gardens or living walls that can clean the air...
Why is carbon dioxide a good fire extinguishing agent? Discuss how hydrocarbons contribute to the formation of ozone in the atmosphere. What are the effects of pollution on the ozone layer? How do hydrocarbons contribute to the formation of ozone in the atmosphere...
No. GREENGUARD certification doesn’t test for chemicals such as lead and other heavy metals that don’t significantly cause indoor air pollution or those that significantly impact air quality. (5) However, these chemicals are still harmful when ingested or absorbed through the skin. So it’s ...
The environmental stress of indoor air pollution can be related to the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in that biomass fuels will have an immediate effect on resource availability and through its combustion contributes to pollution. The initial stages of economic development is characterised...
While caching is perfectly normal, resource guarding is cause for concern. “A dog may decide they don’t want their pet parent near their hidden stash and send off threat displays like growling, bared teeth, and air-snapping when their human approaches the area,” explains Bassett. Resource...
I also loved how professional and caring the house keeper Mona was, those people are the most underrated yet most useful in a hotel stay and the fact they do their job properly and are present for the slightest concern is just great so thank you Mona. ...
In Winter, as we know, the monkeys love to use the hot springs as a means to avoid the cold. However, the hot spring is in no way necessary for the monkeys to survive - the monkeys with no access to hot springs elsewhere around Japan do just fine. Monkeys bodies are well adopted to...
Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoorair pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics? This debate reignited on Jan. 9, 2023, when Richard Trumka Jr., a member...