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Tighten Up Your Advice About Air Sealing
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A green building program manager has found that combining prescriptive and performance standards yields better air sealing practices. [continue reading]
Air Leakage Control: The Devil's in the Details
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Avoid dread customer callbacks - due to drafty new houses, moisture problems, and high energy bills - by air sealing properly. [continue reading]
The Evolution of Green Building
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LEED for Homes is just around the corner. Will it fulfill its mission to integrate with existing green building programs while helping out in locations where no such program exists? [continue reading]
Some Research Begins at Home
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At Integrated Building and Construction Solutions (IBACOS), our mission is to enable the industry to build high-quality homes.To further that mission, IBACOS is constantly looking for opportunities to ... [continue reading]
Making a Habit of Habitat
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There might have been some bumps along the way, but a collaboration between a nonprofit, a builders association, and a major building supply company yielded some efficient, comfortable, and affordable results. [continue reading]
Experiential Learning
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Students in Arizona get credit, and valuable experience, designing and building a house. [continue reading]
New Construction Report Card, Part II
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Complex building designs make even the best-laid plans for home performance hard to fulfill. [continue reading]
A Serious Challenge to a New Building Technology
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Every new building technology comes with new problems along with its benefits, and structural insulated panels (SIPs) are no different. SIPs are made of rigid foam insulation sandwiched between ... [continue reading]
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How Third-Party Utility Providers Work
Many people know that there are ways to save on your utility services, however there are plenty of people who ...
Neil Grigsby
Northwest Energy Star Super-Efficient Homes—#6: The Pumpkin Ridge Passive House
The Pumpkin Ridge Passive House is one of six super energy-efficient homes being highlighted this year by Northwest Energy Homes&...
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