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The wall we designed for the Edelweiss house, Canada's first LEED Platinum V4 Home is best categorized as a 'REMOTE' wall, a high perform...
...building as an integrated system, the basic principles of buildingscience and how they can be used to design reliable, high performance building assemblies.
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...buildings.
Lorne Ricketts is a BuildingScience Engineer [EIT] with RDH Building Engineering Ltd. and has significant experience with the thermal performanc...
...BuildingScience expert, Joe Lstiburek.
Why are old homes with air-con in great shape while new ones rot?
A century ago, houses were made of rocks, brick an...
...buildings. Powdered ceramic chips that can be added to any paint are said to reflect heat in or out of a building and reduce heat loss by staggering amounts.
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...building underground. This can mean that in a lot of cases, the proper building techniques are not being followed, according to the principles of building scien...
...building homes far more airtight than in previous decades for reasons of durability (condensation in wall assemblies), and also for energy efficiency, as air le...
...building codes and serve to provide fresh air to indoor environments, but we should also be aware of the types of toxins we are introducing through building mat...
...buildings worldwide that will provide “net positive” benefits to the environment. It reduces UBC ’s carbon emissions, powers itself and a neighboring building w...
