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Service Cavities for Wiring and Plumbing | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: Designers of superinsulated houses are developing new ways to disentangle utility runs from insulated wall and ceiling assemblies Images: Musings of an Energy Nerd Conventional wood-framed walls perform many functions.
CR4 - Blog Entry: Is Green Construction Bad for Your Health?
Going green just might be making you sick. Or so says a recent report from the Institute of Medicine. Cited as the prime culprits: untested materials that could pose a significant respiratory health risk, and airtight buildings that can create bad indoor air quality. What are your thoughts on how to
Our Prefab House Kit: casa ti: Systems, Passive Solar and SIPs | Building Green TV
<p><img src="http://www.greenmodernkits.com/uploaded_images/08-15-09-12boat-759757.jpg"align="center"border="0"/></p><p><img src="http://www.greenmodernkits.com/uploaded_images/08-15-09-19boat-718058.jpg"align="right"border="0"/>The past two weeks have been overwhelming, hence the silence, and
Going for Net Zero Energy in Seattle | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: One couple’s quest for energy efficiency leads them to a relatively low-cost approach to design and construction Images: Green Building News Eric Thomas and his wife, Alexandra Salmon, have bought into the energy efficiency
Resilient Design: Dramatically Better Building Envelopes | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: A resilient home is a highly energy-efficient home that will maintain livable conditions even during power outages or interruptions in heating fuel Images: Energy Solutions When most people think about resilience —
Books on Insulation and Energy-Efficient Building | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: Book Reviews: Alex Wilson’s new insulation guide and JLC’s new book about building superinsulated homes Images: Musings of an Energy Nerd Two new books that might interest green builders recently caught my eye: The
How to Build an Insulated Cathedral Ceiling | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: Whether you decide to make it vented or unvented, get the details right — because every cathedral ceiling offers opportunities to make big mistakes Images: Musings of an Energy Nerd Although the GBAGreenBuildingAdvisor.com
How to Install Rigid Foam Sheathing | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: What you need to know to install polyisocyanurate, XPS, or EPS on the outside of your walls Images: Musings of an Energy Nerd What’s the best way to install foam insulation on the outside of a wall? Although
Installing Mineral Wool Insulation Over Exterior Wall Sheathing | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: Researchers confirm that Roxul panels and furring strips can be installed on walls as a substitute for exterior rigid foam Images: Musings of an Energy Nerd A subset of green builders have always been grumpy about foam. Such
A Bold Attempt to Slay R-Value | GreenBuildingAdvisor.com
Subtitle: A group of building science researchers is trying to invent a new metric for measuring the thermal performance of walls and ceilings Images: Musings of an Energy Nerd R-valueMeasure of resistance to heat flow; the higher the
