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COVID-19 & composting toilets
The conventional toilet turns out to be an unexpected suspect in spreading coronavirus. Do foam-flush composting toilets pose less of a risk?
COVID-19 & wood surfaces
Who doesn’t love wood? Its texture and color exude a sense of warmth that is almost elemental. Plus, it’s relatively inhospitable to the COVID-19 virus.
COVID-19, stairs & elevators
If you didn’t know better, you’d think elevators were designed to spread coronavirus. There’s an old-fashioned, less-infectious alternative: Stairs.
COVID-19 & outdoor space
Green buildings promote patios, porches, gardens and green roofs for many reasons. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 in a new one.
COVID-19 & daylighting
The sun is no friend to COVID-19. The Living Building Challenge requires “views outside and daylight for 75 percent of occupants.”
COVID-19 & operable windows
Epidemiologists agree on one point about SARS-CoV-2: The virus that causes COVID-19 is transmitted most easily in enclosed environments. Operable windows may be an elixir.
Give Amazon’s Climate Pledge Arena credit as first Zero Carbon sports venue
Amazon did a rare deed for a corporate sponsor. It gave naming rights to a cause — Climate Pledge Arena — rather than brand. Shouldn’t that be celebrated?
Hypochlorous acid makers hope to disrupt the world of green disinfectants
Whether its known as electrolyzed water, ECA or hypochlorous acid, a non-toxic disinfectant is getting a boost during the COVID-19 pandemic