daylight-balanced / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...Daylight-balanced lighting for the whole home Regional variables: SAD across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand In brief: SAD and strategic home lighting Understanding SAD: the cause and impact Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of recurring major depressive disorder that typically manifests d...

Home insulation - how much do you need and where to put it: Think of the heat in your home as if it were water behind a dam, and that insulation levels were the concrete wall of the dam. Would you choose the height of that concrete wall randomly, or would want an even level of concrete to hold back as much water as pos...

Why are sun tunnels better than skylights? There is a quality of life you get with natural light that artificial lighting just can’t fake. That’s why skylights and sun tunnels (or light wells) are so popular. Living in a naturally lit space improves moods, it saves energy on lighting, and it connects us to the outdoors...

Air tightness in houses - all about balancing air pressure in the home We go on incessantly here about the importance of air barriers in home construction to reduce air leakage, but no matter how hard you worked to make a house airtight, if the pressure isn't balanced you will be sucking air in or forcing it out and, d...