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What’s Wrong With This Insulation Job?
Readers are invited to spot all of the problems shown in a photo of recently installed fiberglass batts
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High-Performance and Net-Zero Homes — Part 3
What does Code have to do with high performance?
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An Ecological Home Upgrade in Ireland
Eamon Ryan, the former Energy Minister of Ireland, and his wife Victoria White, a writer, have completed an energy retrofit of a 60-year-old brick house
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(At Least) Six Things Are Wrong With This Crawl Space
The answers to last week’s ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture?’ game
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Video: A Passivhaus Foundation
Installing a capillary break on top of concrete footings
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High-Performance and Net-Zero Homes — Part 2
Why simple building geometry beats elaborate ornamentation or curb appeal
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Blog Review: Equinox House
An engineer from Illinois writes about passive solar design
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High-Performance and Net-Zero Homes — Part 1
Achieving your energy goals depends on the process, the perception, and the people — and on having the mindset of a revolutionary
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PODCAST: How to Insulate an Unvented Roof
Attics are a great place to reclaim living space without the expense of an addition. If you have the headroom, you can gain at least one extra room by finishing…
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Blog Review: GreenBridge
Juli McDonald blogs about toilets, salvaged materials, and Grandma’s donuts
