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Frugal Happy: A Stronger Neighborhood in a Covid-19 World
This coronavirus pandemic is terrible. By almost all measures, life now sucks for everyone. But there is one thing I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see during these unprecedented times, which…
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How to Look at a House like a Building Scientist (Part 4: Water)
I'm back, with the fourth article in a series on various building diagnostic tools and techniques that I use in my work sleuthing out problems in buildings. You can see…
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Making Building Interiors Healthier in a Pandemic
This post, which was originally published at The Conversation, was written by Kevin Van den Wymelenberg, Leslie Dietz, and Mark Fretz. Architects and building engineers strive to create safe, productive…
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Building Strategies in a Hot, Humid Climate
AlbertoArriaga33 is wrestling with plans for a new home in a tropical location. He doesn't say exactly where, but conditions are certainly challenging: high heat and high humidity, with nighttime…
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The BS* + Beer Show: Choosing and Using Water-Resistive Barriers
Our panelists on last week's *building science show were builders Jake Bruton and Ben Bogie who have over a half-century of combined experience choosing and using water-resistive barriers (WRBs) for the high-performance…
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Moldy Roof Sheathing in the Pacific Northwest
Increasingly, homeowners in the Pacific Northwest are noticing mold on the underside of their roof sheathing. This phenomenon occurs in vented attics, and is more common in new homes than…
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Understanding Filter Ratings: MERV, FPR, and MPR
As much as I've written about filters and filtration in this blog, I have to confess there's one aspect of filter efficiency I've resisted learning about. Every article I've written…
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Renewable Energy Expected to Eclipse Coal This Year
Hundreds of coal-fired power plants went off line in the last decade while renewable energy continued to gain ground and for the first time this year, renewables will provide more…
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How Do You Estimate What You’ve Never Done Before?
In January, 2019, I started work as a lead carpenter at HVP Corp. The crew all seemed top-notch, but I was a little concerned about the other lead carpenter, Ian…
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Paint Options for Green Builders
My first encounter with paint came from reading the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, who famously had to atone for misbehavior by whitewashing his Aunt Polly’s fence. The whitewash used in…
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