Blogs- Page 188 of 591
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Does This Roof Need to Breathe?
An owner/builder looks for advice as he gets ready to install a standing-seam metal roof
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Construction Training Gets a Boost from Home Depot
The building materials retailer will chip in $50 million over 10 years
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Newspapers Trumpeted ‘Solar Homes’ in the 1940s
After a major glass manufacturer promoted passive solar homes in the late 1940s, interest in the topic all but disappeared for thirty years
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The Global Boom to Come in New Housing
The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years
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Timber Panel Fails at Oregon Building Site
Oregon State University says the problem was limited to a single panel on the $80 million project
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Converting Heating and Cooling Loads to Air Flow Needs
Here’s how Manual J software takes your inputs and gives you both the BTU/hour and cfm needed for each room
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Greenwashed Timber: How Sustainable Forest Certification Has Failed
Environmental critics and some academic researchers say the Forest Stewardship Council has had little or no effect on tropical deforestation
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An Off-Grid Affordable Housing Project
This Virgin Islands project showcases tropical climate building practices
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Building Products Dealer Dumps FedEx
475 High Performance Building Supply says FedEx corporate support for 'extremist, deadly' views of National Rife Association prompts the switch
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Marc Rosenbaum’s Monitoring Results
Measurements reveal clues about the performance of an ERV, a hot-water circulation system, and several minisplit heat pumps