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Is Green Healthy?

Are you choosing to build or renovate with the goal of having a moisture and mold free, chemical free, resource efficient, energy efficient and sustainable home? If so, you are on the right track to creating a green healthy home. This is what Shelter Ecology specializes in. With 20 years of experience, both practical and professional, Cindy Meehan-Patton has wisdom on how to achieve a healthy green home.

Using low VOC finishes alone does not create a healthy home. Truth be known: Low or no VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) does not mean that a finish is not toxic. As a matter of fact, a majority of the mainstream building products (and methods) create toxins inside the home or building due to hidden, masked or inert ingredients. With this in mind, working with a healthy home consultant is essential to you and your families health and the sustained health of your home.

There are specific steps that need to be taken prior to the building process (in the planning stages) to ensure that toxins are eliminated from the building process through the use of sustainable, more practical and healthier materials and methods along with smarter HVAC and envelope design techniques. This is where Cindy prefers to plug in on any new project undertakings. If you are dealing with an existing home or building, then it is best to consult with Cindy prior to making any changes.

Mainstream green- energy efficient, solar and even resource efficient homes are not necessarily healthy. As a matter of fact, many of these popular "greener" homes can cause as many if not more toxic issues than a home built using mainstream construction methods. With an emphasis on energy savings, health has been left behind or treated as a minimum requirement in LEED or HBH projects along with spec and custom homes.

How can a home be green if it is not healthy for those living in it? If your home is not going to sustain your life, how can it be considered green? The answer is, it can’t. If your home is not healthy, it is not green.

Shelter Ecology offers 15 minute to hourly consultation on how to achieve a healthier green home, whether you are building new or renovating. For as low as $21.25 per 15 minutes to $85.00 per hour, this important information can help you sustain your health and the health of your family. Do you need to:

• Gain understanding on how much your environment affects your health?
• Learn insightful ways to create a healthier green home using time tested essential tools, materials and methods?
• Get answers to controversial issues in the green building world?
• Increase your knowledge on the reality and truth behind what really makes a home green and healthy?

Let Shelter Ecology help you create better health for you and your family or co-workers today.

Link from right for your personal Home Tour Satisfied Customers & What They Have to Say "As a person who copes with environmental sesitivities, the prospect of remodeling my home seemed daunting. Cindy's incredible expertise and thorough product knowledge has made the planning process so much easier and has eliminated so many genuine concerns." –Nan Stroud, Greenville, SC