Tag: air leakage
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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…
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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…
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Seven Reasons to Gut Your Aging Bathroom
Prime: prime Subtitle: The real problems with an out-of-date bathroom are beneath the surface Images: …
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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 …
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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;…