Ants in house/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...inareingenious, if there's a gap, they'll getinBeyond the irritation of scratching and thumping noises like a tiny herd of elephantsroaming across your ceiling as you are trying to go to sleep, rodents can chew and damagehouseframes, wiring andinsulation. Removing them is not limited to adding poisons to yo...

...Inc. PHI vs. PHIUS PassiveHouseCertification PHI (Germany’s PassiveHouseInstitute) and PHIUS (PassiveHouseInstitute U.S.) have the same goals at heart, namely creating buildings that achieve a certainenergy performance standard. The only way they differ isintheir approach to determining that standard.In...

...ing to differentiate work that was to be doneinthe factory and what was to be done on site. RDH provided training on theinstallation and sealing of membranes and envelopeinsulation. It was possible for exterior envelope work andinterior finishing, such as built-incabinetry, plumbing fixtures and lighting, to proc...

...inly any urgent ones. And showing that you did your homework will give you a leg upinnegotiations. Now you know about what to look for when shopping for a home. Find more about home maintenance and renovationsinthe EcoHome Green Building Guide andinthe following pages: See LEED and PassiveHouser...

...ing the building becoming a furnace once the setting sun reaches deepinto thehouse(balance). Choosing the right windows for a PassiveHouseis key. Heat gainmustn’t be offset by losses caused by badlyinsulated glass or air leakage due to poor window frameinstallation (see how to improve windowinstallation for Pa...

...installing solar PVinQuebec where our model home is built for a couple of reasons - although if buying andinstalling one of these affordable prefab eco homesinNew York, Maine, Vermont or New Hampshire it starts to look moreinteresting. To explain: At current ratesinMarch 2020, (although solar pv is regularl...

...ing the course and not teaching it! Alainis a home builder who has been constructing LEED-certified homesinthe Saguenay region for 7 years but was previously doing general constructioninthe Montreal region since 1985.Interestinresilience driven by natural disasters Alainhad lived through two traumatic even...

...ing to lift something with my own hands,instead of just making relatively easy lifestyle choices or pointing fingers at government. But others still carry most of the weight. Building a sustainablehouseis our small contribution, and nothing I’d been whining about is asinconvenient as tearing up coal plantsor pus...

...instead. Finding the balance between having sufficient personal items but not livinginconstant clutter is the key to living happilyinsmaller homes. 'Storage' should always be keptinmind during home design, many solutions are easiest to implement if they are builtin大调的ing original construction. There are endle...

...intemperature betweeninside and out, the greater the concern. Negative air pressureinhousesinwinter will drawincold air , making yourhousefeel drafty andincrease your heating costs. The issue isn't about durability but rather comfort and cost due to heat and energy loss. Positive air pressureina home i...

...inedinvapour compared to dry air. The ERV system will contin干腊肠问题提供能量ingsinsummer months, as removing moisture from exterior air before it isinjectedinto the home makes high temperatures more bearable, while also reducing the load on air conditioning systems.Inthis case, the ERVinconjunction wi...