Healthy Home Builder

Most of us spend 90 percent of our time indoors, but our indoor environments could be causing us significant harm. Everything from flooring to paints to insulation contains chemicals known to contribute to health problems such as cardiovascular disease and cancer.

In this book, Jen and Rusty Stout, nationally recognized healthy home building innovators, teach you how to think like a builder so that you can construct a new home or upgrade an existing one to put wellness first. Making smart choices when it comes to building materials, moisture protection, and more can make all the difference in reducing your family’s exposure to toxins and living a healthier life.

Whether you are a home buyer, a homeowner working with a professional builder, a building contractor, or a DIY-er, Healthier Homes walks you through key considerations such as

• Site selection
• Designing a living space that meets your family’s unique needs
• Material choices for the exterior and interior
• Air and water quality
• Sourcing home furnishings and finishes
• Existing home upgrades
• Mold remediation

When Jen discovered her years of chronic and debilitating health issues were the direct result of a toxic black mold in her living environment, she set out to build the first truly chemical-free healthy home using modern day building materials in 2012.

Jen and her husband Rusty, a veteran homebuilder of 20+ years, founded JS2 Partners in 2018 and have quickly become nationally recognized leaders in all aspects of healthy home building and construction best practices. Armed with an arsenal of knowledge in home building, design and healthy living practices, this dynamic duo has made it their mission to build better lives through healthy home building.

Jen holds a Bachelor of Science Journalism degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder and Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. Jen was previously the Executive Director of the Hill Country Builders Association in Central Texas following her career in marketing and business development.

Rusty is a past president of the Hill Country Builders Association Board of Directors and is a member of the Texas Association of Builders and National Association of Home Builders. Rusty serves as a building trades education mentor for high school students in the Highland Lakes and is an authorized OSHA trainer and NASP Safety Inspections Technician. Rusty holds a Project Management Professional Designation from Park University, is certified in Contracting Law through FPS and is a licensed realtor in the state of Texas.