Blogs- Page 284 of 594
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High Performance Walls, Part 4
Hammer & Hand works to simplify its approach and incorporate standard construction techniques
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Why New U.S. Ozone Standards Aren’t Enough
A new standard lowers targets for ground-level ozone, but U.S. ozone regulations remain more lax than those in Europe and Canada
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Demand for Cooling Is Spiraling Upward
By the middle of the century, cooling will require more energy than heating and potentially make global warming worse
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Solving a Crawl Space Water Mystery
Sometimes it takes some sleuthing in the rain to find how water gets into the crawl space
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Passivhaus Goes Prefab
An experimental project in Vienna uses 10 modular units that can be assembled in a matter of days to create housing for 40 students
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Tearing Down to Start Again
Despite some misgivings, Michael Trolle begins his construction project by tearing down most of an old cottage in poor repair
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News Briefs from Hawaii, Massachusetts, and New York
Hawaii ends net metering, Massachusetts wins energy efficiency title, and New York lifts net metering caps
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The Best Way to Insulate a Foundation
A builder in Idaho works out the details for adding foam insulation to both sides of his basement walls
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A Bright Future for Solar + Battery Systems in Australia
A new report says that off-grid photovoltaic systems with battery storage will provide power as cheaply as the grid by 2018
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Rethinking Durability
Lessons learned from a visit to a Roman aqueduct
