| 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 Appropriations Bill.
During the past year, NEMA has lobbied Congress to increase funding for federal agencies, departments, and programs that are important to NEMA companies. These increased funding... (More) | | 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 family. Some custom builders opt to build their own homes with innovative materials and techniques that can serve as models for future developments. Photo courtesy of Realtor.com October 30, 2009, by Michele... (More) | | 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 Science Monitor) November 5, 2009, by Alexandra Marks Published by The Christian Science Monitor
I’m sold on geothermal heating. Just check out my previous blog post. But being trained as a journalist,... (More) | | 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 that we’re a nation of backsliders when it comes to making energy-efficient improvements to our homes.
Last year, when gas was more than $3 a gallon, financial institutions were crashing, and banks were failing,... (More) | | 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 timber first floor joists directly into the inner leaf. Although this ensures good stability it is disastrous in terms of airtightness because of the differential shrinkage that occurs when the timber dries out... (More) | | 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 has been highly laudable in pushing the sustainability agenda in the construction industry. However, we share the growing concerns about the methodology it uses to assess energy consumption and the way it does not... (More) | | 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 to perform in the way that the Denby Dale Passivhaus is going to? I’ve been in building since I was 16. I trained as a quantity surveyor and worked on both sides of the professional fence before “taking up the tools... (More) | | 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 buildings to perform. Air movement over or around insulation detracts from its performance quite significantly. As we have seen before (Week 6 thermal bypass), if air moves over or around insulation you can... (More) | | 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 as opposed to other, more "natural" materials. July 10, 2009, by Bill Butcher Published by Building Maybe, in an ideal world, we would use "natural" materials such as straw bales, cob, Hempcrete or rammed... (More) |
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| Quad-Lock Building Systems, Ltd. is pleased to announce that Dean (DJ) Ketelhut has accepted the position... (More) | | October 2009
Quad-Deck Used to Rebuild School Hit by Katrina
Check out how Quad-Deck... (More) | | Out of Control SUV Rams Into Quad-Lock Home (More) | | Amvic founder, Victor Amend, recently sat down with Canadian Business Journal to talk about the company's... (More) |
| Oliver Baumann, President of Ebert & Baumann Consulting Engineers and Professor Ursula Eicker discuss... (More) | | Adam Rome, Ph.D., takes a historical look at the impacts of post WWII home building on the environment.... (More) | | In this video, George Sullivan, P.E., reviews the potential options for wind energy generation at your site. (More) | | No, you can't earn a PDU credit just for watching this video. You had to be there. But you can learn a lot abo... (More) |
| Insulated Concrete Forms, Other Measures, Make Home Disaster ResistantIt was only a coincidence... (More) | | New Study Shows Major Energy Savings Potential for Southern StatesFunded by the Energy Foundation... (More) | | Green Research Results in New Geopolymer Concrete TechnologyGeopolymer concrete has the potential... (More) | | Using SIPs to Achieve EfficienciesIn light of rising energy costs and growing environmental awareness,... (More) |
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