Tag: Building Science
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What Is Heat?
Subtitle: An exploration into the deeper meaning of a word we use all the time Images: While you slept last nigh…
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An Interview with Dr. Joseph Lstiburek
Subtitle: Joe explains BSC’s new ventilation standard, why tracer gas is a better measure of infiltration than blower doors, and his plans for a ventilation standard for existing homes Images: Dr. Joe Lstiburek of Building Science Corporation is on a mission. The issue is residential ventilation. He contends that the residential ventilation standard, ASHRAE 62.2A…
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All About Climate Zones
Subtitle: Do you know the two parameters behind hygrothermal regions and climate zones? Images: One of the funda…
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Embarking on the Building Science Learning Curve
Subtitle: Lessons from two people who started down the path of knowledge by building green homes Images: …
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Should the Paper Facing of Batt Insulation Face the Inside or Outside?
Subtitle: The surprisingly simple answer follows from the variable permeance of kraft paper Images: If you install fiberglass batt insulationInsulation, usually of fiberglass or mineral wool and often faced with paper, typically installed between studs in walls and between joists in ceiling cavities. Correct installation is crucial to performance. * with a kraft paper vapor…