High performance building envelopes/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...highperformancebuildings that are accessible to all? To see more articles about Passive House certification, design or construction see here , from the EcoHome GreenBuildingGuides , on North America's favorite greenbuildingwebsite - EcoHome.net... Videos: For Videos about Passive House construction techni...

...higher. The cold emanating from exterior walls and windows can be so extreme at times that it causes a noticeable air convection, creating the sensation of a draft. How do we combat this? Again, we end up cranking the thermostathigher until we feel comfortable. RADIATION (in this non-nuclear case) refers to heat tra...

...High-quality windows on the south can gain more heat in the day than they lose at night, giving you a net heat-gain. Windows on all other sides always result in a net heat-loss, so keep that in mind, buy good ones and don't make them overly large for no reason. Surpassing the insulation requirements ofbuildingcodes...

...building, and the one that people in North America & Canada are most used to seeing.Buildingcodes have greater requirements for thermalperformanceas of 2012, it is now required in most areas that you break thermal bridges with some form of continuous insulation. With that,performance已经改善了，但是……

...highR-valuebuildingenvelope without many of the problems associated with double-stud wall construction. Not only is it a great wall system for new green homebuildingincorporating a double-stud wall design but it is also ideal for deep energy refithigh-efficiency renovations of existing home walls. It is a popul...

...performancerequirements for new facilities from LEED to Passive House.Buildings certified to Passive House require up to 90% less heating and cooling energy than an averagebuilding. The Bella Bella project was seen as an opportunity to put this change into practice. An RFP (request for proposal) was issued for a d...

...buildingenvelope) to do their jobs without being assaulted by wind, precipitation and UV rays. Walls in heating/cooling climates like Canada need to be designed to dry during all seasons, not just winter, which is how we most often build them now. Moisture will always flow from areas ofhighconcentration to low, ...

...buildings advance resiliency in disasters. “GreenBuildingand Climate Resilience: Understanding Impacts and Preparing for Changing Conditions” describes potential adaptive strategies available to greenbuildingpractitioners. These strategies add an important new dimension to the greenbuildingindustry’s long-standin...

...buildings to be zero emissions. The city has also imposed upon itself a more rigorousbuildingcode than the national norm, and it is encouraging builders to take it even a step further by removing as many obstacles as they can to make pursuinghighperformancebuildingcertifications easier. The process of attaining...

...highperformancewall systems , teachers at the New Frontiers School Board in Ormstown, QC have settled on abuildingenvelope that will outperform houses built to code by a factor of almost 3. The school will be releasing videos following the progress of this first of its kind project, check out episode 1. As the ...

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