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Passive Air Inlets Usually Don’t Work
Unless your building is Passivhaus-tight, passive air inlets and trickle vents won’t work as advertised
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Preventing Water Entry Into a Home
To lower your home’s indoor relative humidity, you need to address all sources of water entry
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Air-to-Water Heat Pumps
Should residential designers consider using an air-source chiller for space heating and cooling?
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GBA Prime Sneak Peek: Green Building in the Cheap Energy Era
In 2016, green builders will need to face the implications of low energy prices
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Green Building in the Cheap Energy Era
In 2016, green builders will need to face the implications of low energy prices
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Climate Affects Home Design
A list of all the different ways that location matters
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Insulating a Cape Cod House
Capes are notoriously difficult to air seal and insulate
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Flashing Brick Veneer
Repairing a bungled brick veneer job can get very expensive, very fast
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Making Room for a PV Array
An unshaded south-facing roof is valuable real estate — too valuable to waste on solar thermal collectors
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Wall Sheathing Options
Choosing between OSB, plywood, fiberboard, rigid foam, diagonal boards, and fiberglass-faced gypsum panels