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As a LEED AP-certified professional who specializes in Indoor Environmental issues with a focus on fire and life safety, I was very interested in some recent articles that are creating awareness of critical health and safety problems inherent to the green building movement — especially commercial buildings with new hazards that must be identified to protect building occupants and mergency responders. New standards were announced on October 25th from the DOT and EPA to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in heavy-duty trucks and buses. The standards, which are set to be phased in on new vehicles in 2014, will include requirements to improve fuel efficiency which benefits businesses, the shipping industry, and cities and towns. Sarah Stibbe Damaskos Certified Industrial Hygienists (“CIH”) are cool. Sometimes they do get to wear October is Fire Safety Month. We’ll see the billboards and commercials and kids will learn about fire in school, but what does it mean? It’s time to replace the batteries in your smoke detectors and don’t forget the carbon monoxide detectors, there should be one near all bedrooms. Check your fire extinguishers. Is the charge still good? What’s the expiration date? If you have kids, do they know what to do in case of fire? The numbers speak Mike Gfroehrer 2. The uncontrolled release of water in a building with a history of water damage EHSWire.com’s “Top 10 Tuesdays” Here at EHSWire.com, we have decided to launch our 2009 “Summer Series” of blog posts. This year we will be devoted to a series called we’re calling “Top Ten Tuesdays”. Every Tuesday throughout the Summer one of our EHS professionals will post his/her blog specifically targeted towards their particular area of expertise. Each of these posts will be a “top 10”. The posts will include topics such as “Things You Should Know Even More Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green As promised, this posting will focus on reducing the amount of plastics that go in the landfills. First, it is important to understand that not all plastics are created equal – many cannot (or are not) recycled, but most can be reused or even replaced with an alternative choice. What do all those numbers mean? The number code inside the little triangle you find on plastics More Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green Following up on my last posting, here are more helpful ways to help you keep your stuff out of the landfills whenever possible. This posting will focus on e-waste and smaller household items. Thanks to all who responded to my last posting with even more ideas! E-Waste or Electronic Waste Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green Everybody’s jumping on the Green bandwagon and there is a lot of information out there about just how to do that – maybe too much information for the average busier than busy American. It reminds me of the Nilssen song from Midnight Cowboy, “Everybody’s talkin’at me. Can’t hear a word their saying … ” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzEY6ZqkuE Short of living like the Amish, going Green can simply mean Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Rules and Regulations It has been determined that if every home in America replaced just one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb, we would save enough energy in just one year to light 3 million homes; and enough to offset the greenhouse gas emissions generated by 800,000 cars. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental agencies are encouraging homeowners to replace their regular light bulbs with |
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