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• Sustainability

  Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Continues Growth

  Continued growth confirms need for verification of environmental claims.
• Remediation

  The Clean Trust Creates Mold Removal Specialist Certification Program

  The Clean Trust has announced the development of a certification exam for professionals in the mold remediation industry.
• Carpet

  Commentary - What Carpet Is and Isn't

  The president of the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) sums up his views on carpet for the Healthy Carpet Workgroup.
• Carpet

  How Carpet Earns LEED and Other Green Credits

  Carpet systems that meet or exceed CRI’s Green Label Plus standard can contribute one full Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Credit to the LEED ratings of the U.S. Green Building Council.
• Carpet

  Commentary: Are Carpets Appropriate for Schools?

  Jeffrey C. May, MA, principal scientist, May Indoor Air Investigations LLC, and member of the HFI Healthy Carpet Workgroup, shares his perspective.
• Carpet

  Commentary: No Link Between Carpet, Allergy and Asthma

  Werner Braun, president of the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI), and member of the HFI Healthy Carpet Workgroup, offers his perspective.
• Carpet

  CRI and HFI Form Healthy Carpet Workgroup

  Promoting discussion of asthma, allergies, and the role of carpet selection and care.
• Carpet

  Rolling It Out: Selecting Carpet for the Healthcare Environment

  Carpeting can help hospitals improve sound-absorption, indoor air quality, staff and patient safety, and aesthetics, but it also poses many challenges.
• Healthy Schools

  Environmental Management for High Performance Schools

  Without a long-term commitment to comprehensive environmental management, not even the best high performance school can hope to stay high performing for very long.
• MCS

  More than 12% of Population Reports Extreme Sensitivity to Low Levels of Common Chemicals

  2003 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) found 1.8% of population loses job as result.
• Indoor Environment

  Safer Alternatives to Toxic Chemicals Needed to Protect Workers and Communities

  Hazardous chemicals and products are made and used in the greatest quantities in workplaces — where they first expose workers.
• Indoor Air Quality

  Four Elements of IAQ Problems

  Four elements - sources, the HVAC system, pollutant pathways, and occupants - are involved in the development of IAQ problems.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Carpet and Health

  The benefits of carpet are forgotten or ignored in the face of perceived hazards.
• Carpet Cleaning

  Health Benefits of Carpet Maintenance

  There is a widespread perception that carpet cannot be kept clean (sanitary) and that because of its inability to be kept clean, carpet contributes significantly to the deterioration of indoor environmental quality, especially leading to unhealthy indoor air quality. This unnecessary misconception often leads to policy decisions for removing carpet from many environments such as schools, health care facilities, and public agencies.
• Indoor Air Quality

  IAQ Basics

  There are many factors that can affect IAQ, such as human activity within the building, the building’s construction materials, and the types of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in a building.