Tag: building code
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62 Things We Should Ban to Improve Home Building
Prime: prime Subtitle: Let’s clean this mess up once and for all Images: Let’s face it. The state of home building isn’t good. Yes, we have building science and energy codes and green building programs out the wazoo. We have cool new products and home energy raters and even Joe Lstiburek. Despite all this, we…
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62 Things We Should Ban to Improve Home Building
Prime: prime Subtitle: Let’s clean this mess up once and for all Images: Let’s face it. The state of home building isn’t good. Yes, we have building science and energy codes and green building programs out the wazoo. We have cool new products and home energy raters and even Joe Lstiburek. Despite all this, we…
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The Difficulty of Updating Georgia’s Energy Code
Prime: prime Subtitle: Trying to get airtightness below 7 ach50 has been a struggle Images: …
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The Difficulty of Updating Georgia’s Energy Code
Prime: prime Subtitle: Trying to get airtightness below 7 ach50 has been a struggle Images: …
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The RESNET Standard Becomes the New Ventilation Battleground
Prime: prime Subtitle: A new amendment from RESNET would reduce the use of ASHRAE 62.2-2013 in the HERS Standards Images: Just because I haven’t written about the jockeying over ventilation rates and strategies with the ASHRAE 62.2A standard for residential mechanical ventilation systems established by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Among…