The impact of thermal mass vs insulation | Monday BS
A common misconception, especially in the world of sustainable or “green” building, is the impact of thermal mass vs thermal insulation. A lot of this confusion comes from well meaning design movements like “Passive Solar” and earthships. Often, in single-family……
Construction Moisture Management: Catch Up or Lawyer Up
Moisture in buildings has become increasingly worrisome for construction professionals in recent years. American buildings are subject to a wide variety of defects related to water in its different forms – liquid, vapor and sometimes snow and ice. These range……
What’s an insulation material?
With more and more people talking about building energy efficiency and passive houses, it has become more and more common to hear about insulation. In this article, we explain what an insulation material is, to try and shed some light……
Energy Efficiency: the importance of site supervision
On our Facebook page, we are regularly publishing images from our Cavriago construction site, where we are building two Passive Houses. With this article, we would like to show just two examples of the many construction errors can occur during…