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Using a Blower Door for Zonal-Pressure Testing

By now, most of us working in the green-building industry know what a blower door is. It’s a tool to measure the air tightness of a house. I’ve owned my…

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Hempcrete, made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentally friendly building material

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5 High-Performance Details

Architect Elizabeth DiSalvo shares a few of her preferred cold-climate construction details for foundations, walls, and roofs

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A roundtable discussion on ways to make the building industry an attractive career path

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