Airtight house / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...house are much the same as those of a truly comfortable house - high R-value building envelope, no thermal bridging, sealed against air leaks, triple-paned windows, humidity control and properly designed heating, cooling and ventilation equipment, to name a few.   Thermal comfort = efficiency and durability: The less ...

...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, despite your effor...