Blogs- Page 317 of 593
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Buttoned Up for a New Century
Preservation meets performance when a Brooklyn architect applies Passive House principles to four iconic urban town houses
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Rethinking the Grid
Producing electricity with decentralized sources offers advantages for consumers and the environment, but this approach will require some serious structural changes
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Can Solar Electricity Trump a Ductless Minisplit?
A GBA reader calculates that PV systems are now cheap enough to displace a high-efficiency air-source heat pump
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Unfolding Community Resilience
Sustainable building practices aren't enough; we must learn to build resilient communities that ‘get stronger because of stress’
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Researchers at Work on New Refrigerator
Using a new compressor design, they hope to reduce energy consumption by about 40 percent to less than 1 kilowatt hour per day
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Ice Dam Basics
How ice dams form, how to prevent ice dams, and what to do if you have an ice dam right now
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Grumpy Architect Time
I'm irritated by fiberglass batts, bad air sealing details, and unnecessary radiant floor heating systems
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Santa Cruz Straw Bale
Net-zero energy use and whimsical details shine in a new family home
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The Fundamentals of Series and Parallel Heat Flow
The R-value of a building assembly depends on how heat can flow through it
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Another Maine School Chooses the Passivhaus Route
In need of a new home, a Montessori school in Belfast is raising money for a $1.2 million school that would open in time for fall classes