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by Kaye Brown, Innovation & Job News Editor @ 83 Degrees Media
The innovative energy strategies of indoor air quality consulting firm Pure Air Control Services, Inc. are significantly improving the way we live, work, and play. The firm is now growing its staff to include additional technical field representatives, administration, sales and marketing team members.
"Over the long-term, we will be adding more staff as well as purchasing new equipment. As we grow organizationally, so does our staff," says President and CEO Alan Wozniak.
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| LEED Recommended for All GSA Buildings ...shown to save taxpayer dollars and increase energy efficiency... | |
by Interiors & Sources
The Green Building Advisory Committee established by the General Services Administration (GSA), officially recommended to GSA that the LEED green building certification system be used for all GSA buildings as the best measure of building efficiency. The committee also conveyed that LEED should be the primary way to show how agency buildings use energy and water and that LEED standards are the most conducive to meet the Energy Independence and Security Act.
The Green Building Advisory Committee has evaluated more than 160 tools and systems since it began in 2011, and in February, GSA released a request for information (RFI) that publicly lauded the value of green building rating systems like LEED and asked for additional input into important issues that could help GSA accelerate and improve its green building work.
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American Kids Have Higher Allergy Risk | |
by Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME.com | cnn.com
With pollen and other spring allergens in the air, researchers investigated whether place of birth affected the risk of developing allergies, and the answer turns out to be - yes.
Having an allergic reaction - with its sneezing, wheezing, itchy eyes and runny nose - is an all too familiar experience for many Americans, particularly children. About 11% of youngsters suffer from asthma, and up to 20% may experience some immune-based reaction to allergens such as pollen, dust, animal hair and even foods. But this relatively high prevalence seems to be unique to the United States, so researchers delved into whether different environmental exposures, dictated by...
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by ROBIN FINN - New York Times
Bill Sothern, an expert at detecting residential mold, has a cedar-lined hot tub on his verdant south-facing terrace at Madison Avenue and 117th Street. The tub holds 3,000 liters of ionized water heated to 101 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, 95 degrees in the summer, and the terrace has an elaborate irrigation system.
With all that moisture corralled seven stories above 117th Street, the danger of a leak, which often begets mold, and the potential for lawsuits blamed on leaks, a chronic source of unneighborly ...
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| Chinese Scientists Slammed for Creating Mutant Influenza Virus | |
Source: by Steve Connor, The Independent | FoxNews.com
Experts have warned that the new virus strains could potentially escape the lab, which could cause a global pandemic.
Chinese scientists are being criticized for their "appalling irresponsibility" after they intentionally developed a new mutant influenza strain in a veterinary laboratory, the Independent reported.
Experts have warned that the new virus strains could potentially escape the lab, which could cause a global pandemic and lead to the deaths of millions.
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