#Airtightness

Fun air testing my house with the kids present in order to have a baseline before #insulation and #airtightness work starts on our #EnerPHit #Retrofit project. Existing window frames very

1.Revise Single Family Zone setbacks-reduce the front setback to ten feet and side to zero. All other things being equal, this pushes new dev toward street, concentrates shadows to front

Energy Vanguard

Interesting, short thread from #IAQ researcher @Poppendieck. His point is that putting "new" air into a room doesn't mean you've removed an equal amount of "old" air. 1/15https://twitter.com/Poppendieck/status/13

We attended the @the_iPHA press conference on Building the Future - #Sustainably! with Prof Dr Wolfgang Feist.Here is the thread of the event from our side "We have achieved

Geeky #EnerPHit thread alert!The Passivhaus annual heating demand target of 15 kWh/m2 is well known. Less well known is the alternative target of 10 W/m2 peak heat load (on the

Explainer: Why the changes to Irish fire regs for ‘open-plan flats’ put lives at risk(could be a long thread, please bear with me, this is ~most critically important~ issue for

Prof Darrel Francis ☺ Mk CardioFellows Great Again

Why can we put a man on the moon but not provide facemasks for our front line workers? I have heard this asked on Twitter.What is the answer? On 25

If we're going to create behavioural change and fight the #climatecrisis, we need to make it easier for people to live happy, healthy lives within the natural limits of the