Air sealing the ceiling
Air infiltration can account for a lot of energy costs by devaluing the insulation as it moves through as well as allowing frequent air changes per hour (ACH) in a […]
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Top 3 Ways Water Destroys Homes and Buildings.
Preventing water damage is the primary challenge for any structure seeking durability. Thermally efficient homes do not dry out as quickly as the energy wasting houses of older generations. Newer, engineered
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Wintertime humidity in homes
No, you may not take a break from thinking about humidity just because it’s wintertime. The first few cold days always kicks off the season when I get calls from
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Good News, Bad News, and the Living Building Challenge
Since Emily and I are presenting at this weeks GreenDrinks (5:30 Wednesday at the Green Sage y’all) I thought I’d flesh out the format of our presentation here. There’s a
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Hominids, Vent Fans and Embodied information
We have made it through the rough-in phase and are onto finishing out our latest house. It struck me as I looked around that this house is full of embodied
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Deltec Homes’ New Renew Collection: Pushing Net-Zero Forward
The past few months have been busy here at Deltec Homes. In case you haven’t met us, we manufacture highly efficient, durable, hurricane-resistant and round homes, right here in Asheville.
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Amy’s Energy Efficiency Gift Buying Guide
Between Thanksgivukkah and the unusually short three-week (shudder) shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas, you may just now be realizing that you have some serious work to do. The energy
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Fall fades and passive solar kicks in
The sun’s arc is lower and still dropping pushing sunlight into our home about 8 feet. These clear cool days are where the passive solar design really shines, so to
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Breathing Walls?
While most building researchers avoid it, breathable is a term that will not go away. With better building science education, the terminology is on the decline but is still used generically
Trendwatch: Edison light bulbs
One of the fun parts of rating new homes for programs like Energy Star and Greenbuilt North Carolina is that we get to see a lot of new homes. Whenever
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