Project team
Design and Construction: McClure Construction
Registration date: April 15, 2016
Region: Drummondville, Quebec
Type of construction: Single-family new home
PSI rating: 41 kWh / m²
Estimation method: Measured
Products worthy of mention
- Fenplast, IsoPlus casement windows
- VanEE, VRC Silver Series - 90H-V ECM HRV
- Maibec, EM + Exterior Cladding
Description of the envelope - Insulation values
Aboveground walls: R60
Roof: R100
Slab on floor: R30
Slab construction
- Base consisting of 6 inches of crushed stone
- 4 "of rigid insulation under the footing, 7" of expanded polystyrene under the center
- Vapour barrier
- Concrete finished with linseed oil
Description of the walls from inside to out
- Gypsum board on furring strips
- Vapour barrier
- 16 inch thick dense-packed cellulose wall insulation
- Exterior wood fiber board
- Air barrier
- Pre-painted steel cladding
Roof assembly
- Roof trusses
- 36 inches of loose-blown cellulose
- Furring strips
- Metal roofing
Sloped section:
- 2 inches of Isofoil (R11)
- Fiberglass batts between roof trusses (R80)
Windows
- Triple-paned
- Filled with Argon gas
- Low E coatings
- Average R value: R5
- Energy efficiency: RE 38
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