http://blogs.healthyheating.com/ A weekly journal on architecture, anthropology and radiant based heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The role of indoor environmental ergonomics, industrial design, HVAC as a health care issue and other human factors in the design of indoor spaces. en-US 2012-05-24T00:11:30-06:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/YdTWeZNEiRk/a-history-of-school-design-a-new-publication-includes-a-historical-look-at-radiant-heating.html a new study that looks back at the designs of school buildings of the recent past, identifying trends in energy consumption, ventilation, heating, air quality, lighting and acoustics Books Educational Environmental Ergonomics Radiant Asymmetry Radiant based HVAC RBean 2012-05-24T00:11:30-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/a-history-of-school-design-a-new-publication-includes-a-historical-look-at-radiant-heating.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/VDA1OTVVfe4/ted-talks-james-howard-kunstler-fired-up-about-civilization-and-architecture-in-america.html You’re gonna love this or be offended but if you can set aside your sense of pureness you can hear a guy whose fired up about civilization, culture and architecture in America...if you offend easily this is not for you but if you want to hear one man passionate description of where we've been and where we need to go... RBean 2012-05-22T12:08:08-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/ted-talks-james-howard-kunstler-fired-up-about-civilization-and-architecture-in-america.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/fbT6J_FdoYo/a-phd-thesis-on-human-comfort-new-materials-worthy-of-study-.html how building occupants understand comfort and which parameters, not necessarily related to indoor environments, influence the perception of comfort Air Temperature Air Velocity Architecture Building Enclosures Consumers on Comfort Educational Environmental Ergonomics Environmental Health Ergonomics Fenestration Health, Wellness and Comfort Home Technology Human Factors Indoor Air Quality Indoor Comfort Indoor Environmental Quality Indoor lighting quality Indoor sound quality Interior Design Thermal Comfort Thermal Comfort Survey Thermostats RBean 2012-05-21T01:41:35-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/a-phd-thesis-on-human-comfort-new-materials-worthy-of-study-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/fZhG6efyktU/georgia-health-sciences-university-college-of-dental-medicine-family-centric-care-environment.html It’s a building that has a really spectacular outer appearance, an interior that flows, and LEED features to help lower our maintenance costs Educational Energy Efficiency Environmental Ergonomics Environmental Health Fenestration LEED and Green What makes a good architect? What makes a good contractor? What makes a good engineer? Windows and Doors RBean 2012-05-19T17:24:42-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/georgia-health-sciences-university-college-of-dental-medicine-family-centric-care-environment.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/9rUGnZi3kMk/effect-of-a-radiant-panel-cooling-system-on-indoor-air-quality-of-a-conditioned-space.html The current study showed that the ceiling radiant cooling panel system improves indoor air quality (low noise and minimum supply air are used when compared with conventional cooling system) Air Temperature Building Enclosures Consumers on Comfort Efficiency Environmental Ergonomics Forced Air Interior Design Mean Radiant Temperature Radiant Asymmetry Radiant Cooling Thermal Comfort RBean 2012-05-16T13:19:35-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/effect-of-a-radiant-panel-cooling-system-on-indoor-air-quality-of-a-conditioned-space.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/OTE2kSwQm9I/software-review-idrawnics-a-3d-digital-fabrication-tool.html Software Review: iDrawnics a 3D digital fabrication tool Software Reviews RBean 2012-05-15T08:18:07-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/software-review-idrawnics-a-3d-digital-fabrication-tool.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/W9t34xssFyc/book-review-high-performance-enclosures-a-design-guide-for-institutional-commercial-and-industrial-b.html Straube provides with clarity both the graphics and text to explain in detail numerous enclosures from both the low rise and high rise camps Building Enclosures Building science Concrete Educational Efficiency Fenestration Green LEED and Green Moisture Net-Zero Energy Solar - Thermal RBean 2012-05-10T21:25:02-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/book-review-high-performance-enclosures-a-design-guide-for-institutional-commercial-and-industrial-b.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/BlaINQtBEwE/what-happens-when-artistic-expression-and-culture-trump-common-sense-and-principles-in-sustainabilit.html Well in the case of the Aqua Tower, if you extend the interior floor of a building out to the exterior exposing it to the outer elements of heat, wind and moisture it’s like installing a walking conveyor belt (like the type you see in airports) for moving heat and moisture in and out of the building. Architecture Building Enclosures Building science Energy Efficiency Floor Temperatures Mean Radiant Temperature Thermal Bridging Thermography RBean 2012-05-10T10:52:27-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/what-happens-when-artistic-expression-and-culture-trump-common-sense-and-principles-in-sustainabilit.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/grl36uK2lZg/jigsaw-homes-jigsaw-blue-building-the-building-blocks.html we believe that there is a better way to be building homes, that homes can be places which contribute to a sustainable built environment and improve the health and well-being of the occupants at the same time Architecture Building Enclosures Consumers on Comfort Efficiency Environmental Ergonomics Environmental Health Health, Wellness and Comfort Heat Recovery Ventilators Home Technology Human Factors LEED and Green Net-Zero Energy Ventilation RBean 2012-05-06T10:05:57-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/jigsaw-homes-jigsaw-blue-building-the-building-blocks.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/TgbuqdmPaP8/new-apartment-homes-prove-public-housing-can-be-sustainably-designed-.html Village Green, a new, energy-efficient,10-unit public housing project for the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority (NWGHA), will save its residents money and is expected to achieve Enterprise Green Community Certification, Energy Star certification and LEED for Homes Silver certification. Architecture Building Enclosures Indoor Environmental Quality LEED and Green Mean Radiant Temperature sustainability What makes a good architect? RBean 2012-05-01T08:13:59-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/05/new-apartment-homes-prove-public-housing-can-be-sustainably-designed-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/lCWFyZUUqu8/assessment-of-indoor-air-pollution-in-homes-with-infants.html indoor pollution exposure for infants Air cleaners Air filtration Air pollution Carbon dioxide Carbon monoxide Children and pollutants Educational Environmental Ergonomics Environmental Health Humidty Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality Particulate matter TVOC's VOCs RBean 2012-04-13T11:56:00-06:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/04/assessment-of-indoor-air-pollution-in-homes-with-infants.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/UNStoGH97jY/iaq-study-reports-pm25-acrolein-and-formaldehyde-dominate-health-impacts.html PM2.5, acrolein, and formaldehyde dominate health impacts due to chronic exposures to nonbiological air pollutants. Air cleaners Air filtration Air pollution Formaldehyde Particulate matter RBean 2012-03-06T10:36:52-07:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/03/iaq-study-reports-pm25-acrolein-and-formaldehyde-dominate-health-impacts.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/PdBWw15QU7M/georgia-department-of-natural-resources-completes-historic-preservation-project.html One doesn’t often hear about sustainable design projects that are also historic preservation projects. But despite some preservationists who don’t believe that historic restoration can be accomplished sustainably... RBean 2012-01-09T09:59:17-07:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2012/01/georgia-department-of-natural-resources-completes-historic-preservation-project.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/KKbAY-FZJmM/epa-releases-formerly-confidential-chemical-information.html EPA reported its progress reviewing and declassifying the identities of chemicals claimed as confidential under TSCA. Indoor Air Quality RBean 2011-12-13T13:29:24-07:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2011/12/epa-releases-formerly-confidential-chemical-information.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/healthyheating/~3/FDt7MsNMe3s/new-appliance-integrates-multiple-renewable-energy-sources.html SDPM appliance for integrating and controlling multiple energy sources for hybrid HVAC systems. RBean 2011-12-07T16:12:03-07:00 http://blogs.healthyheating.com/2011/12/new-appliance-integrates-multiple-renewable-energy-sources.html