You’ll want SaferBuilding on your side for those needing pre-litigation and litigation support for construction, employment, toxic trespass, landlord tenant issues related to toxins, accommodations, healthy homes, and green construction.
SaferBuilding is a proven leader and pioneer in the area of healthy home and office maintenance, construction, and remodeling.
What Differentiates us from the others? Experience! With our over 300 field tests, no one even comes close. We take the guess work out. Our results stand for themselves.
Partial CV Below, For more information or a full CV, call us on (415) 839-5197 or fill out a contact request form.
Publications:
G is for Greenwashing, (exp 2010), CreateSpace
F is for Face Paint which puts lead in our bodies, 2009, CreateSpace
L is for LBAM, the California Light Brown Apple Moth explained simply, 2009, CreateSpace
Safer options of for Safer Termite Control, 2008, Mother Earth News
The Safer Side of Green, 2007 HGTVPro (Scripps publications)
Could Your Home Be Toxic?, 2007, NY Metro Parents Magazine
Safe Way, 2007, Commercial Investment Real Estate Magazine (CCIM)
Safer Termite Control, Natural Home Magazine, 2007
Avoiding Toxins (Home Tips), 2007, Ohio Valley Parent
Building with Energy Efficiency and Health in Mind , 2007, Home Builder Canada
Green Chrismtas, 2006 , Dallas Home Magazine
Safe haven: Household Maintenance Changes Can Help Increase Longevity, 2006, Senior Life Magazine
Giving Fleas an Eviction Notice, 2005, SaferBuilding: Sammi Safer Builder Series
Preventing Pesticide Poisoning, 2005, SaferBuilding: Sammi Safer Builder Series
Burning Small Heaps, 2002 , Cayman Free Press
Insect Repellents in the Sea , 2002, Cayman Free Press
Pesticides and Children, 2001, Cayman Free Press
Speaking:
Light Brown Apple Moth and Real Estate Values, 2009, Sustainable Novato
Green Energy Panelist , 2008, Think Conference
Expert Radio Guest, 2007, Jack Dever Home Solutions Show (Ohio)
Expert Radio Guest, 2007, Dr Gloria Gilbere – Your Health matters Radio Show
Non-Toxic Building Materials and Methods, 2006, Organic Planet Festival
Expert Radio Guest, 2006, Mr. Fix It Show Portland
Expert Radio Guest, 2006, Mr. Fix It Show Syndicated with Paul MacGregor
Expert Radio Guest, 2006, Mr. Fix It Show Chicago
Don’t let contractors inadvertently contaminate your air, 2006, Smart Life Forum
Expert Radio Guest, 2006, Ask Andrea Radio Show
Toxic Trespass Ordinance, 2005, KPFA Radio (Numerous interviews)
Reality Check : Herbicides vs Hand Pulling, 2005, Oakland City Council
SaferRemodel TV (Host for two episodes) , 2005, Local Television
Herbicides and Alternatives, 2005, Sierra Club
Toxic Trespass Legislation, 2004, Bay Area Clean Air Task Force (with Sierra Club, the American Lung Association, etc..)
Toxic Trespass Ordinances, 2004, Sierra Club
Testing (non-toxic) Baits for Cockroach Traps, 2002, Environmental Science Guest Lecturer (Caribbean):.
Bringing Organic Food Profitably to Caribbean Grocery Stores, 2002, Fosters Food Fair
Pesticide Cessation, 2002, Kiwanis Club
Keeping Integrity When Starting a Company, 1999, MacHack
Exit Strategy Timing for Startup Companies 1995, Think Conference
Starting Companies on a Shoestring, 1995, Think Conference
Voicemail on the Macintosh, 1992-1996 (multiple presentations), Berkeley Macintosh User Group (BMUG)
Featured in (partial list):
Vitality Magazine – Is your furniture making you sick?
Women’s Day: Remodeling & Makeeovers – Home Safe Home
Robb Report: Vacation Home – A Safer Remodel
Alternative Medicine – Toxic Avengers
MetroSource – Home repair comes with its share of health risks
Reno Gazette-Journal – Go green to make a nursery safer
Journal Gazette & Times Courier, IL – Proper Choices in the home can lead to less stress, better health
Cabinet Maker Online – Industry News
Calgary Sun – Maintain your home without compromising air quality
Herald & Review, IL – Take a look around your home…
EDGE Boston, MA – Is Your Home Making You Sick?
50+ Builder Magazine
EDGE Providence. RI – Is Your Home Making You Sick?
San Francisco Chonicle – One, Two, Tree
EDGE Philadelphia, PA – Is Your Home Making You Sick?
Smart HomeOwner – Clean Living
Remodeling Magazine – The Safe Part of Green
Home Magazine – SaferBuilding Tips
Innovative Home – Build Safe
Las Vegas Review – Web site touts building safely
Destin Log, FL – Setting new standard for home building… nationwide
Painting & Wallcovering Contractor – Breathe Easy
East Valley Living, AZ – Aiming To Construct Healthy New Standards …
Eco-Structure – Web site Sets Higher Home-building Standard
Lowell Sun. MA – The dirt on indoor air Candles and fireplaces
Reatail.net – SaferBuilding.com looks to provide healthy building information
Builder Online – Home Safe
FMLInk – Web site supplies information about non-toxic building methods
Times Community Newspapers – SaferBuilding.com setting new standards
Chicagoland Avenues – Safer Building Standards for Home Building & Remodeling
Oregonian – Sustainable building Media Guide
Suburban & Wayne Times – Setting new standards for home building …
Tennessean – Safer, cleaner homes
The State, Columbia, SC – Web site focuses on Safer Building
Cincinnati Enquirer – Air-Quality Control
Sustainable Industries
ENR (McGraw Hill) – New Firm Looks for Green from Its Green Database
SaferBuilding testimonials:
Peter Benjamin, Technology Scientist
“SaferBuilding likely has the highest level of ‘Safe’ Green Building knowledge in the world.”
Sandy Ross, Ph.D, Health and Habitat
“Information on safe building practices was impossible to obtain until SaferBuilding came along. Every architect, builder, and homeowner should have your How-To Guides.”
Barbara Wilkie, Environmental Health Network
“SaferBuilding… can help you with the many toxins in your environment which you CAN control.”
| Areas of non-toxic expertise include, but are not limited to: | ||
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| ABS Glue, plumbers putty, rubbers & adhesives Accomodations (employer, employee, landlord-tenant) Adhesive removal Backerboards Bamboo Baseboards Builders foil Carpentry Carpet Demolition & Installation Caulk Concrete Floors Concrete sealers Construction Cork Cutting wood Demolition Drywall repair Employment Encapsulation Engineered wood Environmental Exterior Paint Exterior Primer Finish Carptenry Floating floors Floor Installation Floor refinishing Flooring Formaldehyde Fungicides Furniture Materials Granite Slabs Granite, Marble, Limestone, Slate, ceramic tiles Green Construction Green Pest Control |
Grout Hardwood floors Healthy home construction HVAC ducting Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Interior and Exterior painting Interior Paint Interior Primers Joint Compounds Jute Laminate floor Latex paint Linoleum Litigation Support Low-VOC Paints Midewcides Motar Multi-Unit Residential Nailing, Gluing and Clip together Wood Floors Netting New and refinishing floors New Drywall New walls and wall repair No-VOC Paints Nylon Tarps Odor baking Odor removal Off gassing Oil based paint Organochlorines Organophosphates Ozone use Particle and MDF Board Pesticides |
Pipe thread compounds Plaster Plumbing Plywood Prefinished wood Pre-litigation Support Preprimed wood Pressure treated wood PVC Linoleum PVC, Copper, Iron and Galvanized piping Quarter-rounds Residential Rough and finish carpentry Solder flux Solid Wood Stone cutting and polishing Stone sealants Synthetic pyrethroids Termicides Termite treatments Tile installation Toxicity Tracking odors Underfloor heating Vapor barriers Vapor seals Veneered wood Wall patching Wall preparation Wallboards Wallpaper removal Wood curing Wood filler Wood sealants Wood trim |