Home heat loss / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...heat loss, thermal breaks stop heat loss It is easy to look at the R value rating of a material and assume that our entire wall assembly matches it uniformly. But when you factor in the thermal bridges caused by framing materials and any discontinuities in the wall structure, you can also quickly deduce that this is no...

...heat loss through your foundation walls, as heat moves more easily through some materials than others. Heat will be drawn from your home much quicker through rock than clay, and quicker through clay than soil. Heat will also move quicker through wet clay than dry. We would recommend at least R20 under slab floors in co...

...home building in the Ecohome Green Building Guide. How to make a home airtight how to choose and install WRBs (weather resistant barriers) How to use taped interior sheathing an air barrier  Using vapor retarder/vapor barrier paint instead of 6mil poly The benefits of using radiant barrier foil  Find more a...