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Don’t Be an Air Hole! — Part 1
Fifteen ‘Top 10’ things that you don’t want to blow on your next project
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Report from the Passive House Conference in Maine
Dr. Wolfgang Feist came to Portland to deliver the keynote address
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How an Efficiency Program Killed My Business
Utility-sponsored rebate programs encourage small jobs — and contractors are discovering that it’s hard to build a successful business on small jobs
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Highlights from the North American Passive House Conference
PHIUS’s ninth annual conference had great presentations, a look at where the standards are going, and a bunch of the smartest people in building science
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Framing Begins at the Potwine Passivhaus
A discussion of wall and floor framing — and ruminations on design tricks for small homes
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Brick Buildings Need Roof Overhangs
A few photos of brick buildings in Portland, Maine
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What’s the Best Way to Insulate Crawl Space Walls?
A builder tries to accommodate a customer’s objection to rigid foam insulation. Will mineral wool work just as well?
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Study Finds Wind Turbines a Lesser Threat to Birds
Cats are the big killers, a new assessment says, not utility-scale wind turbines
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New Books on Green Building
Reviews of four new books on sustainable home construction and net-zero buildings
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Five Different High-R Walls
Passive House lessons from the Pacific Northwest