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Designing for a Hot, Humid City

If you are interested in high-performance building for hot and humid climates, you probably have heard of Austin, TX-based architect Peter Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer is an environmentalist, a building scientist, and…

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Another Take on Tstuds

Editor's note: This post originally appeared under the headline "Breaking the Thermal Bridge With Tstuds" in Kiley Jacques' Houses by Design blog over at Finehomebuilding.com. Considering all of the discussion…

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Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? (Part I)

There is black mold that looks a lot like particulate and both or either can show up on fiberglass insulation associated with air leakage. See the image below. There is…

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Bill to Cut New York City Carbon Emissions: $20 Billion

New York City's plan to slash carbon emissions from large buildings over the next decade won't be cheap. John Mandyck, board chairman of the Urban Green Council, said in a…

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Finally, the Fine Homebuilding Summit!

For as long as I have worked with Fine Homebuilding magazine, GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, and KeepCraftAlive.org, we have wanted to hold an event that brings leading industry experts—a mix of architects, builders,…

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