Now nothing is green
Joe (from Greenprints) kindly pointed out that if we are all green, then none of us are green. I get what he is saying. It seems like everyone has their green angle to a quasi green story. I wish that the products and processes that were truly green would be the only ones with the green marketing, but that is not the case so BUYER BEWARE!
I was at Costco over the weekend and noticed an air purifier in a prime location as I walked into the store with my family. The packaging stated that it was green. As I read further it green claim was based on energy efficiency. What? Paraphrased-”If you use this device then you can turn off our HVAC and save $$” I really hope that no one actually turns off the HVAC when they buy this device, especially in the South. While the stand alone purifier can clean up the air in one room, what about the humidity? Turn of your HVAC in the summer and let your purifier run and you will grow mold on your walls because you have not addressed the humidity.
Just because you saved energy doesn’t make you green, especially if you sacrifice one of the other tenents of green living such as Indoor Air Quality.
It is not easy to be through these kinds of claims unless you are an expert in building science, however you can trust 3rd part product certification such as ENERGY STAR, Greenguard, and Greenseal to test and research products that have their label on them.
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