Tag: thermal bridge
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Ten Essential Steps to a Pretty Good House
Prime: prime Subtitle: Going above code isn’t hard if you do these things Images: My friends up in Maine came up with the concept of the Pretty Good House a few years ago, and I love the idea! Not everyone can or wants to build a LEED Platinum, Living Building Challenge, Passive House. But a…
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Is the Passivhaus Program Truly Innovative?
Subtitle: Joseph Lstiburek said it’s the ONLY place where innovation is happening — but is he right? Images: Last month, Joe Lstiburek gave the fifth annual Twitterview † from his crawl space. (Peter Troast of Energy Circle has published the transcript of this year’s event.) One of the pearls of wisdom dispensed by Joe was…
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A PhD and an Architect Build a Net Zero Home
Subtitle: The North Carolina residents explain how they did it and what they would do differently next time Images: …
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The Thermal Bridge to Nowhere
Subtitle: How poor design affects heat transfer, comfort, and moisture problems Images: …