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White House Move Signals Major Tech Shift for Real Estate Industry – Commercial Observer

In late March, the Biden administration unveiled a new initiative with the potential to impact our country’s health and infrastructure on an unprecedented scale. The Clean Air in Buildings Challenge implores building owners to improve their indoor air quality (IAQ) through improvements to HVAC and filtration. While the ask seems simple enough, it marks the […]

Nice/Nortek Control Announces Software Upgrade 8.7 for ELAN Control Systems – rAVe [PUBS]

Nice/Nortek Control announced the release of its Software Upgrade 8.7 for ELAN Control Systems. New features include Direct Control functionality, Bluetooth player capability, an entirely new subcategory of utility products integration and integration with the 2GIG EDGE Security Panel. The new Direct Control feature claims to allow ELAN Remote Controls to communicate natively with an ELAN […]

Health Officials Stress The Need, Importance for Organ Donations

ST. CLOUD — Every nine minutes someone is added to the organ transplant list. April is Donate Life Month and area health officials are hoping to spark the conversation about donation and transplantation. Jennifer Seifert is the Director of Patient Care Support at St. Cloud Hospital. She says unless someone is personally affected, we often don’t […]

Del Mar to consider increased electric standards for new construction

The city of Del Mar could become the latest city to adopt Reach Codes that have electrification requirements for new construction and major remodels. The new requirements are known as Reach Codes because they reach beyond the minimum state standards. The specifics of a potential set of Del Mar Reach Codes, including costs, are to […]

Indoor green wall affects health-associated commensal skin microbiota and enhances immune regulation: a randomized trial among urban office workers

Rook, G. A. W. Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: The broader implications of the hygiene hypothesis. Immunology 126, 3–11 (2009). CAS  Article  Google Scholar  Von Hertzen, L., Hanski, I. & Haahtela, T. Natural immunity. Biodiversity loss and inflammatory diseases are two global megatrends that might be related. EMBO Rep. 12, […]

6 Environmentally Friendly Products for Earth Day

In recent years, sustainability and protecting natural resources have become increasingly important for consumers concerned about their impact on the environment. Many consumers weigh the environmental impact in many of the choices they make, including in the products used in their homes. In honor of Earth Day 2022, BUILDER is highlighting six products that deliver […]

Green Builder Media Names Trane as 2022 HVAC Brand Leader

Green Builder Media Names Trane as 2022 HVAC Brand Leader | ACHR News This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use […]

Lung Cancer, Smoking, and Air Pollution – Vive la Difference!

Smoking Constituents of tobacco smoke are carcinogenic. Low-smoking populations such as those with religious proscriptions have greater life expectancies. The lung is a primary target organ, and autopsies of heavy smokers have shown accumulated deposits. Health risks not only depend on whether you smoke but by how much and for how long (the dose) Effects […]

Letter: Improve indoor air – The Columbian

The EPA estimates indoor air is often two to five times more polluted than outdoor air. This week, Washington’s Building Code Council will vote on commercial energy codes to make indoor air cleaner, reduce harmful pollutants, and speed high-scale, affordable introduction of greener technologies. Methane gas, used for stoves and heating in buildings, is Washington’s […]

93% of Americans Want Companies to Invest More In Healthy Indoor Environments

Health and wellness aspects become more important for many adults READING, Penn., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — After two years of gathering restrictions due to Covid-19, people are returning to public spaces with higher expectations. A new survey, conducted by Ambius, revealed that 93 percent of Americans want to see a greater investment in the […]