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Building a Service Core
How to keep HVAC ducts and electric wiring on the conditioned side of the ceiling air barrier
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Pondering an Attic Conversion in New York
A homeowner wonders whether the advice he’s getting on insulating his attic will lead to trouble
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Martin’s 2017 Christmas Poem
On a dark December night, a lonely builder feels he’s getting old
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Tax Overhaul Keeps Breaks for Wind and Solar
But if you're in the market for a small wind turbine or a ground-source heat pump, the bill doesn't help you
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Night Surveys: The Lights Are On, But Nobody is Home
How Yale University's energy manager uses after-hours walk-throughs to save energy
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The Buy-in Problem
From code compliance to Passive House certification, getting good work from contractors is hard
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Flatrock Passive: Insulation and an Air Barrier
Compressing fiberglass batts behind an OSB air barrier lowers their nominal R-value but it still proves to be a good choice
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Solving Energy Poverty
Energy costs the same for everyone, making the energy burden up to three times heavier for low-income families
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Martin Holladay Named GBA Editor
Holladay takes over managing the website he helped create
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Three Code-Approved Tricks for Reducing Insulation Thickness
Savvy builders know that there are several legal ways to install less insulation than the minimum requirements in the prescriptive code table