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Article: You don't have to hold your breath: the future of indoor air quality.(STUDIO)
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- Environmental Design & Construction
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- August 1, 2007
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Unless you work as a park ranger or a raft guide, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency you probably spend close to 90 percent of your time at home, work, or school--breathing indoor air. This fact has largely driven the development and inclusion of indoor air quality specifications in most major green building programs in use or under development today.
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While indoor air quality is an essential component to building green, it is nonetheless only one piece of the puzzle. As an example, Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) is working to develop new Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) standards that are based ...