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An Allergy Free Environment
An allergy is a hypersensitivity to what are normally innocuous entities such as foodstuffs, cleaning products, household dust, plant and grass pollen and so on

Avoid Electro-Pollution
Exposure to electric & electromagnetic fields especially from high voltage sources may be detrimental to health

Consider Colour
Psychologists recognise that our relationship with colour is a complex thing

Heating & Cooling
Two of the the hottest topics (sorry!) when it comes to healthy and green building and related issues of sustainability and environmental protection

Lighting
At the heart of our lighting design we should place the central concept of the relationship between day and night, light and dark that lies within our most natural rhythms

Limit Mould Growth
With an increasing volume of research identifying the detrimental effect on health of moulds this is an area of increasing concern to healthy house builders

Maintain High Air quality
Air quality is determined by the composition of the air under consideration

Safety, security, privacy
A basic human requirement is for a safe place to live

Size, space, proportion
We often seek to buy or build the largest home we can afford ignoring considerations of good design and fitness for purpose

Sound & Noise
Sound can tie us to our surroundings, sooth or excite us, this is not a one-way street, silence isn't always golden

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Borax - an alternative to chemicalsBorax is a viable alternative to certain complex chemical compounds in the home.

Code for Sustainable HomesA healthy house must exist within its environment.

A Pattern Language - Towns Buildings ConstructionRather grandly, this book claims to be a working document for ‘a new traditional post-industrial architecture’.

Passive Solar HeatingThrough effective passive solar design we can harness the power of the sun in heating our healthy house whilst protecting inhabitants from excess heat.

Ecohouse - 3rd EditionSue Roaf, Manuel Fuentes, Stephanie Thomas ~ 2007, Architectural Press.

Clay Based Paint ~ A Healthy AlternativeA healthy alternative to traditional paints are clayed based paints.

Comments on Healthy House

On Clay Based Paint ~ A Healthy Alternative by Ramona Flick on September 30th, 2010
its has a beautiful livinq quality, my daughter has used this.

On Heating & Cooling by healthyhouse on September 15th, 2010
Not an expert, but I'd have thought a radiant heat source (such as underfloor heating) would be far better for your health than forced heat.

On Heating & Cooling by Diana on September 10th, 2010
Our 105 year old house has forced air heat, and I have allergy related asthma.

On Limit Mould Growth by Alexander on August 31st, 2009
Hello, not only Mould spores can be harmful to the health, but also gaseous metabolites, which are called MVOC (microbial volatile organic compounds) can have a toxic effect.

On Visitor Feedback by David on March 16th, 2009
excellent blog! I love some of the ideas you share to healthier sustainable living.