I'm really enjoying the magazine Fast Company these days. No article seem uninteresting. There is a piece in the Dec/Jan issue about Enterprise Community Partners, which is a non-profit that funds and builds affordable housing.
A sidebar piece focused on the housing they built in Seattle. Check out the specialty units that were added:
There are also 35 Breathe Easy homes designed and built with asthma and pulmonary patients in mind. Developers created new protocols -- everything from no smoking on the job to airtight construction, insulated windows, hydronic heating instead of forced air, blinds instead of curtains, and HEPA vacuum filters -- all for about $6,000 per unit. Six-year-old Ozie Whitfield IV hasn't had an asthma attack since his family moved in 18 months ago.
I read a similar article about an exec who inadvertently lost his allergies when he moved into an "eco" apartment in NYC. He was too busy to go shopping to furnish it, so he used all the default eco-friendly furniture recommended by the builders. Voila! No allergies!
It's sad that what is most available and affordable for the home is not healthy :(
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Wow, impressive.
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