Build and renovate with healthy materials
You tackle the following challenges:
That's how you do it
Products such as paint, glue and materials containing asbestos contain unhealthy substances (including volatile organic compounds). Furniture, carpeting, curtains, wood fiber boards or insulation materials also contain chemicals that can have a negative effect on indoor air quality. These products are increasingly regulated so that you can use most of them safely.
Please note this:
Ventilate and ventilate sufficiently during and after DIY and renovation work such as painting or gluing.
Choose healthy products and materials, such as water-based paint, furniture without wood fiber board or healthy insulation materials. Recognized labels can help you with this.
Read the instructions for use of the products you use. Wear protection such as a mask or gloves.
Store chemical products properly and not in living areas.
Safely dispose of old building materials (such as asbestos or lead-based paint).
More information
- DIY (waarzitwatin, the Netherlands)
- Sustainable jobs (Milieu Centraal, the Netherlands)
- Healthy Construction (including an overview of Ecolabels in construction ) (Department of Environment, Flanders)
- Healthy building and choosing the right building materials (Flemish government)
- Healthy care infrastructure and air quality (Department of Welfare, Public Health and Family, Flanders)
- Dealing with asbestos (OVAM, Flanders)
- Volatile Organic Compounds (Healthy Living, Flanders)
