Nine Best Practices for Building a Healthier Home
From radon mitigation and proper ventilation to moisture control, some strategies are often overlooked in builders' battle for superior indoor air quality.
Tag: Comfort
Nine Steps to a Healthier Indoor Environment
No builder can guarantee complete moisture protection in the basement, but there are ways to approach moisture control to deliver long-term results.
New Insights Help Optimize Air Sealing for Maximum Impact, Efficiency and Savings
In today’s residential marketplace, air sealing has become a fundamental part of the home building equation. As building codes and Home Energy Rating System (HERS) targets have evolved, so too has the need for builders to incorporate air sealing into the build equation.
Your Focus on Sustainability Is the Key to Improving Living Environments Moving Forward
Environmental stewardship, economic prosperity and social progress are directly linked with creating better living environments.
Evolving Energy Codes Offer Other Hidden Benefits for Builders and Occupants
Problems like leaky ducts, oversized HVAC systems, and uninsulated hot water pipes negatively affect more than just energy consumption.
How the Latest Advancements in Air Sealing can Impact the High-Performance Home
Air sealing is now an important part of achieving energy efficiency, and choosing the right insulation is key to achieving air tightness and performance. To reduce air infiltration and achieve an energy-efficient building, the gaps in the building’s thermal enclosure must be sealed properly.
Dropping the Other Shoe: Using the Silent Treatment to Woo More Home Buyers
Noise. It's hard to escape it. No wonder it's such a high-value consideration with more and more home buyers. Many factors go into the comfort and livability of the homes you build. Find out what steps acoustic-smart home builders are taking to enhance their properties.
Coordinating Building Components to Create a Fully Integrated High-Performance Home
A house is a complex system of different components assembled together. Correctly integrating these systems in a cost effective way is key when developing a high performance home. Therefore, there has to be a systems thinking when putting together a high performance building.
Get Started on Tomorrow’s High-Performance Building Envelope Today
Whether you aim to simply meet code, achieve a specific certification level or go significantly beyond, there are some pratical steps you can take toward creating a high-performance building envelope.
Building High-Performance Features into Production Homes
To build a house to the rigorous Passive House standards involves a large investment that may be challenging to many profit-minded home builders. The idea of lowering the home’s carbon footprint is certainly appealing to many homeowners, but the substantial upfront cost is a roadblock that may be tough to overcome. This article offers a few ideas for overcoming this roadblock and building a higher performing home.