Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/06/2009
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced today that President Obama has signed into law NEMA-advocated funding as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Development... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/06/2009
Not only do custom builders include the most-wanted features in their homes, but they also focus on the quality of the construction when it comes to the most discriminating clients -- their own... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/06/2009
Hoses are installed that will eventually be attached to the geothermal heating system for the renovation of Sheep Dog Hollow, a 1902 farmhouse in Connecticut. (Joanne Ciccarello/Staff/The Christian... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/06/2009
Consumers would rather refurbish kitchens and bathrooms than upgrade their HVAC or buy new windows November 4, 2009, by Teresa Burney Published by Hanley Wood Builder
A recent survey shows... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/05/2009
In a Passivhaus it is vitally important to ensure airtightness around junctions between the first floor beams and walls. Traditionally a normal masonry cavity wall construction would build the... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/05/2009
Before I come on to how we plan to construct the roof at Denby Dale I wanted to share with you some research that has been done on the house. We all appreciate that the Code for Sustainable Homes... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/05/2009
The roof trusses are now up, so it's time to make the junctions between the walls and the roof airtight October 5, 2009, by Bill Butcher Published by Building
How do we get future buildings... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/05/2009
Achieving windtightness and the minimisation of thermal bypass is not something that is measured in Passivhaus Planning Package software (PHPP) but something that is crucial for helping low energy... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/04/2009
In the next few days we will be pouring the concrete into the floor slab. A criticism that could be levelled against our build might be that we are using concrete floor slab and concrete blocks... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/04/2009
I'm just back from Buckingham Palace. Green Building Store was awarded a Queen's Award for Enterprise earlier this year in recognition of our work in sustainable development, and as part of that... |