New smart vapor retarders block most vapor diffusion when you want to eliminate risk of condensation, but allow vapor flow when you want drying potential
Spray-applied fiberglass insulation offers huge benefits over fiberglass batts and even has some advantages over cellulose
We’ve just completed the installation of a relatively new and (at least in New England) little-known insulation material called Spider.
If buildings lose power or heating fuel, how hot is too hot and how cold is too cold?
The latest version of Green Globes for New Construction focuses on novel ways to measure energy performance, but details are hard to come by.
There seems to be a lot to like about the new Green Globes for New Construction, which was apparently launched earlier this week.
If we include building-related portions of industrial and transportation sectors, buildings account for a lot more energy than most people claim
The Bullitt Center in Seattle is showing that a six-story, 52,000 square-foot building can meet the net-zero-energy, net-zero-water Living Building Challenge
Poison pill pushed by illegal lobbyists, or exciting, bipartisan energy bill that could change everything? It could be up to you.
Roxul ComfortBoard IS has some important environmental and performance advantages over XPS and polyisocyanurate insulation
Turning waste into a unique architectural product, Coldspring and Jason F. McLennan have teamed up on a new dimensional stone product.
Cool your super-efficient jets, green building world. We still have no idea what GSA is going to do about LEED.
As GSA goes, so goes the federal government? Maybe...maybe not.Photo Credit: Shalom Baranes Associates
