Building Health Matters

Our Mission – to empower people and businesses to make decisions prioritizing human health and environmental stewardship.

My mission is to empower people and businesses to make decisions that prioritize both human health and environmental stewardship.

Licenses, Certifications, & Associations

Building for Health

Why Home Health Matters

We spend more than ¾ of our time indoors – at work and at home. Nowadays many of us combine work, family time, and relaxing all into one space. Because of this, it’s important to make our buildings, products, and materials not only sustainable, but the healthiest and safest we can. The materials we choose to build with, the products we select to use throughout the day, and the way we decide to use them can all lead to reducing harmful impact on where we live.

Every Decision You Make Impacts Home Health

Now, more than ever, whether remodeling, building new, or simply cleaning up what’s there, Home Health Matters. The surfaces, the home systems we employ, and what we use to take care of them, all contribute to our home and environmental health. Learn what things are made of and how they interact with each other.

What Are the Benefits

Save Money – implement both water and energy-saving design, reduce monthly bills, use materials that require less maintenance and labor

Improve Indoor Health – improve indoor air quality, design with healthier surfaces, reduce risk of injury, reduce exposure to toxic chemicals, molds, and allergens

Deciding for Health & Sustainability Matters

Improve Ecological Footprint – use environmentally responsible materials, minimize waste, recycle what’s left over or what can be used again

Improve Functional Design – Are the appliances energy efficient? Does the design make tasks easier? Does the circulation flow of the house improve its useability and appeal? Are people more comfortable? Are spaces as efficient and effective as they can be? Are people of all ages and abilities considered?

Solving for Sustainability

Reporting Practices for Businesses

Sustainability reporting is becoming more mainstream for businesses of all sizes, and all along the supply chain. From addressing operational environmental, social, and governance issues to submitting full Life Cycle Analysis reports on products and practices, companies now find ways to appease stakeholders, discover competitive advantages, and meet compliance regulations through their sustainability actions and reporting.

Increase Transparency

Sustainability as a practice is another tool for business strategy, from sourcing material to assessing a company’s overall environmental impact along the supply chain.

Solving for Sustainability

Reporting Practices for Businesses

Increase Transparency

Sustainability as a practice is another tool for business strategy, from sourcing material to assessing a company’s overall environmental impact along the supply chain.

Products that Protect

Products That Protect

What Things Are Made Of & How To Assess Them

Lifecycle Assessment

Figuring out how to make a product requires several steps- knowing the best required ingredients, understanding how they perform, knowing how well these products ‘play with others’, and what to do with them after first use. Life Cycle Assessment is a tool and process that allows us to examine in full detail what the environmental impact of a product is, and how to solve the environmental challenges with safer, healthier, more sustainable products.

A Comprehensive Review

Comprehensive data, observation, interpretation of regulations, and input from supply chain stakeholders all help LCA practitioners create assessment reports to reveal opportunities in resource efficiency, waste reduction, environmental improvements both upstream and downstream of manufacturing, and the information needed to make best business decisions developing products with minimal harm.

Why Do LCA?

Save Money – implement both water and energy-saving design, reduce monthly bills running more efficient manufacturing and utilities, specify materials that require less maintenance and labor.

Improve Indoor Health – improve indoor air quality, design with healthier surfaces, reduce risk of injury, reduce exposure to toxic chemicals, molds, and allergens

Impact The Environment - In A Positive Way!!

Fire By-Product Testing

Matt Sanders and Rush QE

Matt Sanders and RushQE are here to help you and your family avoid exposure to harmful and carcinogenic chemicals resulting from the recent fire events. State-of-the art chemical analysis helps protect you and your loved ones (and pets) from chemical exposure!

About Matt

Matthew has 28 years in the indoor environmental & restoration industry- environmental inspection, remediation, and restoration sciences. He is an expert in structural visual surveys, infrared thermography, moisture assessment, sample collection, and building science.

Matthew Sanders, RushQE Council Certified Structural Mold Inspector – ACAC #1703020 Certified Mold Remediation Supervisor – ACAC #0707030

Fire Analysis

RushQE can provide comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analysis of airborne and settled fire residue particles including soot, char and ash. Photographic sample collection reports can be provided with each project as necessary.

Chemical Analysis

Structure fires can cause multiple groups of highly toxic Semi Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOC's) such as plasticizers, Polyclorinated Biphenyls (PCB's),chlorinated and non-chlorinated flame retardants including Phos-Chek, pesticides, and other organochemicals to spread throughout the indoor and outdoor environment. These chemical residues can severely impact the surfaces and personal contents in your home. RushQE uses a highly qualified, state of the art laboratory in Germany for both dust and soil chemical analysis.

Restoration Consultation

RushQE can provide both on-site and phone consultations regarding mitigation of smoke/fire damage, recommendations and procedures to help homeowners restore their indoor environment to a pre-loss condition.

Matt Sanders and Rush QE

Matthew has 28 years in the indoor environmental & restoration industry- environmental inspection, remediation, and restoration sciences. He is an expert in structural visual surveys, infrared thermography, moisture assessment, sample collection, and building science.

Matthew Sanders, RushQE
Council Certified Structural Mold Inspector – ACAC #1703020
Certified Mold Remediation Supervisor – ACAC #0707030

Fire Analysis

Chemical Analysis

Restoration Consultation

Fire By-Product Testing

The mission is simple:

Prioritize Human Health and Environmental Stewardship

While green building projects may cost 1-10% more than comparable conventional construction, they can also save costs and time in building for safety and health, and eliminating long-term maintenance on materials.

LEED certified buildings can reduce carbon emissions by 35% and use at least 10% less water.

Integrating technology at home doesn’t have to mean drowning in EMF. Between shielded internet, hardwired audio and video, and wireless access points that turn off with a touch or on a schedule, your home can stay a healthy haven while enjoying the latest tech.

Learn more

You can now cook directly on your porcelain countertop! The induction cooking system in installed underneath. The countertop will let you know when it is hot enough with a beep.

The built environment is responsible for up to 40% of global greenhouse emissions. There is a program for architects and designers called Urban Decarb that helps designers calculate the footprint of their designs, inspiring them to create the most efficient and sustainable designs.

Wildfire occurrence has grown 400% between 2001 and 2021. These climate swings between drought and deluge are going to be ongoing, which makes this a perfect time to incorporate building materials that are flame resistant, less toxic, and that promote health and safety into our rebuilds.

LEED certified buildings can reduce carbon emissions by 35%

LEED certified buildings use at least 10% less water.

You can now cook directly on your porcelain countertop! The induction cooking system in installed underneath. The countertop will let you know when it is hot enough with a beep.

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Your active attendance in live office hours was most delightful.”

Gaurav Das,
MIT Professional Education Learning Facilitator

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