As part of our ongoing New Living Talks series we have another fascinating speaker, Steven Deutser of Park Lane Builders and Park Lane Healthy Homes, to discuss “Nursing Your Home Back to Health: Understanding Your Home, Your Health, and Indoor Air Quality.” Deutser, a home builder and healthy home auditor, explains the relationship between energy efficiency and health. He also explains why our homes are integrated systems where indoor air quality is dependent on how our homes are built, what they are built with, what products we choose to put in our homes, and how we act in our homes.
In the first clip Deutser answers the question “What is a Healthy Home?” In the second clip he gives us a tour of the Park Lane/New Living “healthy playhouse” in the New Living Store. In the third video you’ll see Deutser’s full talk.
Steven Deutser answers the question “What is a Healthy Home?”
Steven Deutser gives us a tour of the Park Lane/New Living Playhouse
Steven Deutser’s full talk “Nursing Your Home Back to Health: Understanding Your Home, Your Health, and Indoor Air Quality”
Steven Deutser is the owner of Park Lane Healthy Homes. Through Park Lane, he conducts home energy audits where he assess both the energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and homeowner practices to determine the health of your home. Check out the Park Lane Healthy Homes website or come see the New Living playhouse at New Living to learn all about what makes a home healthy and what products you can use to make your home healthier.
Keep a lookout for more in our New Living Talks series here throughout the summer.
This week we have another great speaker, Sue McDonald, here to talk about the chemicals in our everyday lives as part of our New Living Talks series. McDonald’s discussion, titled “Our Toxic World: Understanding the Effects of Chemicals in Our Everyday Lives and How To Deal With Them” is an informative video about the chemicals we come into contact with daily, how they can affect our health, and what we can do to avoid these health hazards. The video is filled with interesting facts, stories, and tips that can really help you make smarter decisions. This video is a must see not just for those concerned with health and green issues, but for EVERYONE because it’s a topic that truly concerns us all. Forward this along to friends and family to help them stay informed and to protect them from the toxic chemicals that are around them and check. And check out the New Living website to see a list of non-toxic products for your home and building needs.
Sue McDonald is a chemical sensitivity advocate and educator – speaking about this subject for the last 8 years in the Houston area. She has been featured on the radio, at conferences, and she has been named a ‘Houston Hero’ by the Citizens League of Environmental Action Now (C.L.E.A.N.). McDonald first became aware of how toxic our environments are when she began to experience – in her new home – multiple chemical sensitivities fifteen years ago. Since then she’s been researching and looking for ways to live a as chemically free as she can. McDonald teaches a free bi-monthly seminar called “Making Safer Choices In a Toxic World” at New Living. The next one is on August 15 (please call New Living at 713.521.1921 to RSVP). Visit her website to find out more about Sue and her mission.
Last week Diane Alexander – interior designer of Diane Alexander Designs – joined us in store to talk about “Healing Environments”. In her fascinating discussion she talked about how she uses Evidence Based Design to help her create environments that fit the health and emotional needs of her clients. This talk is a MUST SEE for anyone interested in healthy indoors, interior design, or in using research to create a home that serves your health and emotional well being!
This summer New Living will be featuring a series of talks on variety of subjects related to healthy indoors. Check our blog weekly or our calendar on our website to find new talks from professionals on how indoor air quality can effect your health and what you can do about it.
Alexander is an ASID and LEED AP, and has worked with a passion for sustainable design and healthy interiors throughout her career. Last year Diane’s grandson, Knox, was born with Down Syndrome. She realized that few good sources were available for those facing the situation of adapting the home for Autism, ADHD, Parkinson’s, MS, Alzheimer’s and other special needs. Her core focus is using Evidence Based Design’s to produce healthy, safe, affordable, and well designed solutions to interiors.
