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All About Wall Rot
If your wall sheathing is rotten, the first question to answer is: where did the moisture come from?
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Passivhaus Practitioners Share Their Success Stories
The Fall Symposium sponsored by Passive House New England included presentations from designers, builders, and homeowners
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Fans in the Attic: Do They Help or Do They Hurt?
Homeowners in hot climates need to understand the difference between whole-house fans and powered attic ventilators
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Rating Windows for Condensation Resistance
Window shoppers are confused by the two rival methods for measuring condensation resistance
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Air Leakage Degrades the Thermal Performance of Walls
No surprises here — but testing by the Building Science Corporation begins to quantify the problem
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Study Shows That Expensive Windows Yield Meager Energy Returns
An engineer investigating ways to optimize the design of net-zero-energy homes concludes that inexpensive triple-glazed windows are good enough
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Who Deserves the Prize for the Greenest Home in the U.S.?
Journalists love to announce the latest, greatest, greenest home ever built
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On Shutters and Water Management
How to tell good shutters from bad shutters — and what you can learn from water stains on siding
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Just Two Minisplits Heat and Cool the Whole House
Carter Scott has built 18 homes in Massachusetts without any heat in the bedrooms
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Living Without Electricity Bills
Johanna White received 12 electricity bills last year, but only paid one of them