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Airtight homes / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Passive House certification - PHI or PHIUS? The Spring House Passive House
Passive House

Everything you need to know about Passive House certification

...homes in Saskatoon today, in fact throughout North America; "Everybody should be building the equivalent to the passive house," he said recently, and EcoHome agrees, though we do have "a thing" for non-toxic homes too, especially as high-efficiency homes tend to be more airtight, so the chemicals we choose to use in ou...

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How radiant floors work
Architecture and plan design

How to design for thermal comfort in a home

...Airtight homes are more thermally comfortable, more durable and they cost less to operate. Floors are the contact point between us and our house, so additional body heat is lost as our feet conduct heat to a cold floor. To compensate for cold feet, people will often jack the thermostat up from the seemingly 'uncomforta...

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Resilient home construction - Kenogami House of the Year
Efficient home design

"The Most Resilient House in North America"

...homes in the Saguenay region for 7 years but was previously doing general construction in the Montreal region since 1985. Resilient homes for protection from natural disasters Alain had lived through two traumatic events in Quebec: first the Saguenay Flood of July 1996, which was Canada’s first billion-dollar natural d...

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Passive Solar Home design at it's best - Kenogami House - EcoHome
Passive solar home design

Ecohome Kenogami House wins Home of the Year Award

Along with its unprecedented achievements, the Kenogami House continues to act as a laboratory for resilient, cold climate building practices. Through software energy modeling it was determined that the Kenogami House would likely require 14.6 kWh of heat per square metre per year, but its actual performance seems to b...

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Air barriers are essential to a properly functioning wall system
Air and vapour barriers

What is an air barrier?

...homes can: Increase heating and cooling costs Cause moisture damage in walls Allow pollutants and debris to collect in wall interiors provide openings for insects and rodents to enter Carelessly installing your choice of air barrier products pretty much ensures that you won't have one, as there are few aspects to bui...

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Problem areas of air leakage in a home and blower door test being cond
Air and vapour barriers

Airtight construction of homes is essential: "your house sucks." "Oh yeah? your house blows!"

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