Tag: air leakage

  • The Energy Conservatory’s New Blower Door Kit

    Subtitle:  TEC did its homework: its new blower door package is a truly engineered and integrated equipment system Images:  I don’t do blower door work every day, but I do enough of it to appreciate the attention to detail that The Energy Conservatory (TEC) built into its new blower door kit. The kit features a…

  • Buildings Don’t Need to Breathe

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  The word “breathe” just confuses things Images:  Breathe. It’s a good thing. We need to breathe to live. Breathing consciously relaxes us. “Breathe” is also the name of a great song by Pink Floyd from the Dark Side of the Moon album. Breathe, breathe in the airDon’t be afraid to careLeave but…

  • Seven Reasons to Gut Your Aging Bathroom

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  The real problems with an out-of-date bathroom are beneath the surface Images:&nbsp…

  • Three Reasons to Remove Attic Floor Insulation in a Sealed Attic

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  Attics insulated with spray foam have different characteristics from vented attics …

  • Complex Three-Dimensional Air Flow Networks

    Prime:  prime Subtitle:  That’s what most buildings are or want to be Images:  A lot of discoveries and research work over the past four decades have ledLight-emitting diode. Illumination technology that produces light by running electrical current through a semiconductor diode. LED lamps are much longer lasting and much more energy efficient than incandescent lamps;…