Cold
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SIP: Checking Foundation Square
There are many types of prefabricated structurally insulated panels (SIPs) available. The most common have a core of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation sandwiched between OSB sheathing. They are built and…
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SIP: Band Panel Placement
There are many types of prefabricated structured insulated panels (SIPs) available. The most common have a core of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation sandwiched between OSB sheathing. They are built and…
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SIP: Securing Floor Joists to Band Panels
There are many types of prefabricated structured insulated panels (SIPs) available. The most common have a core of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation sandwiched between OSB sheathing. They are built and…
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Commissioning Our Heat-Recovery Ventilator
The supply and exhaust airflows of a ducted HRV have to be measured and balanced after installation for the system to function properly
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Our Top-Efficiency Heat-Recovery Ventilator
We expect our state-of-the-art HRV from Zehnder to provide fresh air to our home, with very low energy consumption, for years to come
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Report on Our Ductless Minisplit Heat Pump
Testing the limits of the air-source heat pump in our new house with this cold weather
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Twenty Below and Off the Grid
When the thermometer drops, rural Vermonters pay close attention to heat flow
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Smart Vapor Retarders
Modern replacements for the troublesome old poly vapor barrier have low permeance in cool, dry weather, and high permeance in humid weather
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All About Climate Zones
Do you know the two parameters behind hygrothermal regions and climate zones?
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State-of-the-Art Windows for A New Home
Two layers of glass plus two plastic films — along with three low-e coatings and krypton gas fill — make these Alpen windows top performers