Sustainable wall insulation / Discussions

...insulation against poured concrete walls+concrete blocks+bricks, all part of the same wall assembly? As the bricks that sit atop the concrete walls are uneven (along the grout and brick face), would it be best to apply a skim coat of mortar, like Type S to parge and even the surfaces, then add my EPS? I am planning on ...

...wall to the building is letting in cold air. I need to insulate the building.   When renovating exterior walls you need to observe the normal practices for wall assemblies or ‘control layers’, meaning air barriers, vapor barriers and thermal barriers (insulation). But that needs to meet your local climate conditions, s...