Building science/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...BuildingScienceThe wall we designed for the Edelweiss house, Canada's first LEED Platinum V4 Home is best categorized as a 'REMOTE' wall, a high performancebuildingenvelope developed by the Cold Climate Housing Research Centre in Alaska. REMOTE stands for 'Residential Exterior Membrane Outside-insulation TEch...

...buildingsciencemakes mundane tasks like folding laundry a joy. This particular episode was about phase changebuildingmaterials (PCMs) and how they can be incorporated intobuildings to improve energy-efficiency by harnessing a naturally-occurring physical reality, 'the melting point'. When looking for commerciall...

...buildings. Lorne Ricketts is aBuildingScienceEngineer [EIT] with RDHBuildingEngineering Ltd. and has significant experience with the thermal performance ofbuilding外壳和绝缘产品。他是RDH最近一个项目的首席研究员，该项目评估了传统……

...buildings. This cult is responsible for many morebuildingfailures thanbuildingsuccesses. It's time that the cult deprogramming started." - Joe Lstiburek, Principal ofBuildingScienceCorporation The USA & Canada has many climatic zones, so there is not onebuildingenvelope that can possibly serve them a...

...Buildingcodes and thermal bridges: It is not only sensible to address thermal bridging in construction, it is becoming law. Recent revisions tobuildingcodes have increased the thermal requirements ofbuildingenclosures in many regions, including requiring a thermal break. Contrary to common assumptions, t...

...BuildingScienceCorporation has to say about this type of basement wall assembly - "The experience by theBuildingScience联合使用这两种方法是不好的。TheBuildingScienceConsortium has concluded that these two approaches are unsuitable for use by the homebuildingindustry due to serious pro...

...buildingenvelopes.Buildingcodes are making you do stupid things. The laws of physics trump code. - Joe Lstiburek This article was inpired bybuildingscientist Joe Lstiburek, one of the most globally trusted and well-known names inbuildingsciencewho has left an indelible mark on thebuilding守则…

...buildingsurface.Buildingsites with poor soil conditions (disturbed soil, expansive soils, low-bearing capacity, high water tables, etc.) may require significant investment in drainage, soil replacement and compaction before an engineer will approve a project. The photos below are images of drainage measures that...

...buildingcodes might save you money not only in the future, but immediately . The purchase and installation of greater levels of insulation will increasebuildingcosts and your mortgage payment every month, but that can often be offset entirely when you are rewarded with lower utility bills. Meaning, your monthly expe...

...buildingmust be designed for quality of life, taking care to ensure comfort, atmosphere and aesthetics Energy efficient: As heating and cooling are most often the largest components of the total energy consumption of abuilding, how energy efficient abuildingis largely depends on the buil...

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