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Musings of an Energy Nerd

Condensation on Wall Sheathing During Construction

Every few months, GBA gets a question from a cold-climate builder who discovers sheathing moisture while installing wall insulation -- often in a walkout basement. Here’s the scenario: the builder…

Green Building News

GBA's Peter Yost Will Launch His Own Consulting Firm

Peter Yost, the technical director at Green Building Advisor and an educator and researcher in building science, will open his own consulting company in January. Yost is currently vice president…

Green Building News

U.S. Team Wins Solar Decathlon Middle East

Virginia Tech's entry, FutureHAUS Dubai, emerged as the winner in the inaugural Solar Decathlon Middle East last month, outscoring entries from 14 other groups. In an announcement, the university said…

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Forest Management and Wildfires

President Donald Trump’s recent comments blaming forest managers for catastrophic California wildfires have been met with outrage and ridicule from the wildland fire and forestry community. Not only were these…

Building Science

The Continuity Equation and Air Flow

As we continue our study of indoor air quality and filtration, we now come back to duct design. Today's lesson is on an interesting bit of physics that applies to…

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