Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Canadian Home Insulation Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dwellings
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Principles of Home Inspection: Insulation
Author: Publisher: Dearborn Real Estate
ISBN: 9780793179510
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The inspection of insulation and ventilation systems is particularly challenging because so little of the systems can be seen. This text discusses how insulation, air/vapor barriers and ventilations systems work to keep houses comfortable and structurally sound. Basics of heat transfer and vapor movement are covered first to lay the groundwork for discussion of insulation and ventilation materials, systems, and applications. Thorough treatment of venting living spaces is provided, including balanced ventilation systmes and heat recovery ventilators (HRV's).
Canada-United States Bilateral Program on Housing and Urban Affairs
Author: The Canadian Home
Author: Marc DenhezPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550022024
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book details how housing developed in Canada and includes revealing Canadian Home Builders Association records.
Canadian Income Tax Act
Author: CanadaPublisher: CCH Canadian Limited
ISBN: 9781554961375
Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 3174
Book Description
Federal Response to Health Risks of Formaldehyde in Home Insulation, Mobile Homes, and Other Consumer Products
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental health
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Canadian National Energy Conservation Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and PowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Formaldehyde on Trial
Author: Lloyd TatarynPublisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9780888626523
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Investigative journalist Lloyd Tataryn demonstrated that formaldehyde--used so widely in consumer products that it was dubbed "the workhorse chemical"--should be considered a harmful chemical. The formaldehyde controversy began with the plight of the 80,000 Canadian families who filled the walls of their homes with urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) in the 1960s and '70s. Many soon regretted taking government grants to install the foam: they suffered a host of health problems: respiratory ailments, headaches, nausea and rashes. And an increasing amount of evidence pointed to a link between formaldehyde exposure and cancer. First published in 1983, Formaldehyde on Trial is a startling study of how our technologically advanced "chemical society" remains backwards when it comes to protecting the public health.
House, Home, and Community
Author: John R. MironPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 077356392X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
The contributors identify important considerations for evaluating the current and future housing situation, clarify housing research issues and priorities, and indicate emergent policy issues. The essays are divided into six sections: economic, demographic, and institutional factors underlying the postwar demand for housing; principal aspects of the supply side of housing, including housing finance, technology, and regulation; housing-stock growth and changes in housing quality; the balance of supply and demand in terms of adequacy, suitability, and affordability; the changing settlement environment; and lessons, challenges, and issues for the future. The book also contains valuable summaries of housing policy initiatives undertaken between 1945 and 1986. An essential reference document on urban housing and city development in the postwar period in Canada, House, Home, and Community will be valuable to academics, planners, professionals, and students with interests related to housing.
Houses and Homes
Author: John SewellPublisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1550284363
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
In the first comprehensive book on the topic since the 1970s, former Toronto mayor John Sewell considers housing issues in Canada. Writing in a style that is accessible and direct, Sewell considers public, private, and social housing. He looks at affordability and need, discusses definitions of good housing and good neighbourhoods, and examines the various approaches that governments have taken since World War II to increase the stock of reasonably priced housing. He shows why these approaches have consumed large amounts of public dollars yet have often failed. Indeed, homelessness is a larger problem in Canadian cities than ever before. In a time of shrinking public expenditures, he proposes the kinds of solutions necessary to ensure that all Canadians are well housed.. As chair of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority in the eighties and, more recently, as chair of the Commission on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario, Sewell has played a unique role in increasing public awareness of housing issues. His thought-provoking analysis will be of interest to all who believe that Canadians deserve affordable housing.