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Does anyone have recommendations for how builders can educate & convince clients to care more about building science and energy efficiency? Our clients want nice houses, but it’s been difficult to get buy in from them on things like good exterior insulation or willingness to adjust the shape of the house. I think part of […]
I have a build I am planning and am going back and forth on how to heat it. For the purpose of this discussion let’s set aside any cooling needs. I want to heat with radiant, not because I want warm floors I understand in a super insulated air tight home I will not have […]
Strange days have found us. This past April 4, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it was ending the “wasteful, politicized grant program” known as BRIC, or Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, and in the process canceling all BRIC grant applications for the fiscal years 2020–2023. Note the starting year. BRIC was established in […]
In my unvented, conditioned attic, what can I use to cover the batts in the rafter bays behind my knee wall? Climate zone 4a. I had the roof insulated from the exterior using polyiso according to cathedral ceiling best practices from GBA. I also added additional insulation using unfaced batts on the interior side between […]
I’m in climate 4c (Pacific northwest) and looking to put HVAC ducts in a vented crawlspace of a future build. Vented crawlspaces do well here in the PNW and I prefer to not condition it. Attic is also vented. My contractor gave me two options:1. Run insulated HVAC ducts in an open web floor truss […]
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