Andy Pace works with homeowners, builders, and architects across the globe to create safe and healthy living environments for residents. He joins me today for the second part of our series on making homes non-toxic and healthier. We talk about VOCs, basements, and working with contractors. If you have not done so already, I suggest you go back and listen to Part 1 first, where we spoke about what makes a home healthy, safe, and non-toxic and how to reduce mold and off-gassing within your home.

Andy Pace works with homeowners, builders, and architects around the globe to create healthy and safe living environments for residents. He joins me today for the first part of a two-part series to explain why that is so important and offer advice and tips. He clarifies what makes a home healthy, safe, and non-toxic, what to prioritize when making your home healthier and how to reduce mold and off gassing inside your home. 

This guide walks you through 10 steps to improve your indoor air and offers expert tips. Cleaner indoor air can help prevent and lessen health problems and boost your quality of life. We often live in unhealthy environments and do not realize it until we experience health problems like headaches or breathing issues. Improving your indoor air quality cuts down on triggers for conditions like asthma and allergies and can help you live better. 

There is a misconception that healthy building materials are basic and boring. Home owners associate clean and healthy with stark and cold when in fact creating a human-healthy space can absolutely be luxurious with a wow design factor! As a healthy home concierge and founder of the oldest healthy home supply company in the country, the Green Design Center, I have had the privilege of helping many customers with chemical sensitivities create the perfect healthy space customized to fit their individual needs while also achieving a beautiful aesthetic.

Andy Pace is a Healthy Home Concierge with over 30 years of experience in the healthy home building materials industry. He is the founder of the Green Design Center and host of the Non-Toxic Environments Podcast. He is an expert at creating healthy homes that are non toxic and free of off gassing. He has a strong focus on mold prevention and remediation and works with contractors and home builders around the world to create healthy breathing within the home through proper HVAC systems , humidifiers and other modes of healthy ventilation.

In this episode Kent talks with Andy Pace, expert in green building materials and non-toxic construction and creates healthy living environments.

The Best New Eco-Chic Products for the Powder Room: With a growing coterie of brands using healthy materials and sustainable practices, these eco-chic products for the powder room help create a better quality of life.

SCB Marketing Summit: Supply Chain Execs, Editors Share Tips on Marketing and PR: Guidance was offered to marketing and public relations professionals featuring a range of executives with decision-making power when it comes to buying logistics and technology services, including ACE Hardware, Walmart, Cardinal Health, Amazon Web Services, GDC Building for Health, and RG Barry.

Counter Productive: Which Countertop is Healthiest for our Home? Creating a healthy home requires approaching every decision factoring not only the initial health impact due to chemical off-gassing but also the long term effects of the entire life cycle. 

Our team at JFK Design Build worked with Green Design Center to ensure the home not only looked great but incorporated as many healthy materials throughout the home as possible. The most notable room in the home to highlight is the kitchen. Health-conscious materials used here are quartz countertops, which don’t off-gas, and custom cabinets made from low-emitting woods with toxin-free finishes.

Foundations of a Healthy Home Environment with Andy Pace: If you’re going to redesign a space, renovate, or build a home and if you’d like to choose safer building materials for a healthier indoor environment, then you’ll really appreciate this episode’s guest, Andrew Pace. Sophia and Andrew have a great conversation about what will help you identify healthier building materials for your next space redesign, renovation, or if you’re building a home.

Human Health vs Environmental Health with Andy Pace: When I first learned about what we call, “green homes,” the aspect I was most interested in was the “health” factor of what a green home is to provide.  As I learned more about what makes a home green, I soon discovered that the definition of “green home” can be rather complex and can be elusive.  Soon I realized a “green home” is not necessarily a “healthy home” for certain people.

Healthy Countertops for Everyday Use by Andrew Pace: Creating a healthy home requires approaching every decision factoring not only the initial health impact due to chemical off gassing, but also the long-term effects from the entire life cycle.

Join the Levelheads this week as they talk with their guest, healthy home expert, Andrew Pace! Andrew shares about his business, The Green Design Center, and how he operates as a healthy home consultant for his clients!

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Building A Healthy Home & Practical Advice For Non-Toxic Living: In this episode of the LIFELONG Podcast, Andrew Pace, a worldwide expert on green and healthy building products, shares his holistic approach to creating healthier and sustainable homes.

Building for Health: Prior to the pandemic, we spent an average of 80-90% of each day inside. That percentage only went up in the last couple of years. The silver lining in that cloud is that it gave us a new perspective about how we live within our homes. It forced us to give extra thought about the materials we use to remodel or build.