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New! BuildClean elects UH Environmental Law Professor Victor Flatt to board...more>

New! BuildClean president talks with Beaumont Enterprise's Sarah Moore about healthy-green rebuilding in the Gulf Coast post-Ike...more>

BuildClean board member Linda Kincaid asks: "Granite Counters: Uranium Ore in Disguise?" on Green Building Elements...more>

From Air Quality Sciences: Protecting indoor air quality required as homes go green...more>

The National Center for Healthy Housing releases first scientific evaluation of healthy homes interventions...more>

BuildClean's Sara Speer Selber talks about rebuilding Galveston healthy-green post-Ike on KUHF/88.7 FM...Listen Now

BuildClean's Sara Speer Selber on rebuilding healthy-green post-Ike on CW 39's "Going Green with Yolanda Green"...Watch Now>

BuildClean to homeowners: 'Materials in Your Home May Make You Sick'...more>

Letter from the BuildClean President, Sept. 5, 2008...more >

NBC's Today Show puts it to the test: How safe are granite countertops?...Watch Now >

CBS's The Early Show: Granite Countertops a Health Threat?...Watch Now >

The Houston Chronicle reports Rice University professor says countertops may be tainted with uranium...more >

The New York Times
asks: What's lurking in your countertop?...more >


 

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Think Healthy!

There are a lot of choices out there, and BuildClean wants consumers, businesses and organizations to have information available to them so that they can make the best decisions for themselves and the environment. To find green and healthy builders, certification programs or other green and healthy organizations visit our resources page today ... more>


Why build green?


91% say for energy efficiency
84% for a healthier place to live
80% for environmental concerns*

Learn more from Air Quality Sceinces on how energy efficiency and indoor air quality can both be achieved ... more>


*based on a recent survey conducted by the National Home Builders Association (NAHB) and McGraw-Hill Construction





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