High-Performance Building

High-Performance Building

• How Energy Codes for New BUildings Can Apply to Existing Homes

  Using the International Energy Conservation Code as a guide for improving existing buildings.

   

• Treading Lightly: Passive House Comes to Chicago for First Time

  Passive-house construction methods, in building or remodeling, can sharply reduce the carbon footprint of a home.

   

• Sizing up Green: Combining Big Size With Sustainability Goals

  VertHaus, a New Jersey green developer, retrofits homes on spec. In this example, the home's footprint increased from 2,300 to 5,000 square feet. Can it still be considered green?

   

• Making Sense of All the Available Green Certifications

  Sustainable building certifications are many and varied. We help you make sense of the options available.

   

• Milwaukee 160x120 Thermal Imager

  Get a standard image and a thermal image with every snap of the 160x120 Thermal Imager from Milwaukee.

   

• Advanced Building Technologies Require Attention to Detail

  ED VOYTOVICH on the need for proper processes and attention to detail if remodelers are going to have success with modern building technologies.

   

• Giving the Green Light: A Remodeler Uses His Own Home as a Green Test Case

  A remodeler uses his own home to train himself and his crew in specific green practices so he can better inform clients.

   

• Water Efficient Homes Go Beyond Low-Flow Fixtures

  High-efficiency toilets and faucets are important, but real water savings comes from rethinking water delivery.

   

• Developing Green: A Team Approach to Enhanced Energy Efficiency

  Creating a green remodeling template and educating developers so they can use that template in remodeling projects.

   

• Science and Building: Fully Integrating Building Science Into Remodeling

  CARL SEVILLE: Rather than being an afterthought or sideline to a remodeling project, building science should be integral to every remodel, right from the beginning of the process.

   

• Old Saws: Building Science and Remodeling

  Building performance may be the most important component of a good remodel. Ed Voytovich busts two building performance myths.

   

• Power Windows: High-Performance Photovoltaic Glass Units

  Pythagoras Solar's photovoltaic glass units combine low-E selective glass with integral PV cells and optics.

   

• Green From the Start: Steps to Sustainable Remodeling

  CARL SEVILLE: It takes only a bit of extra effort to create a truly sustainable remodel. And that effort is worth it, both in terms of client satisfaction and the benefit to the environment.

   

• Shades of Green: Green Design Is a Combination of Building Science and Product Choices

  Two designers talk about the ways they share "green" ideas with clients.

   

• Mastering the Basics: Three Key Management Steps to Build On

  RICHARD STEVEN: Mastering these management basics will set your company on a path to high performance.

   

• Merit Award, Green Remodeling Over $250,000: Original Blend

  Modern technology comes to bear on an 1888 home that needed an energy-efficient upgrade and more space.

   

• Air Me Out: A Building Performance Pro and Mechanical Ventilation to the Rescue

  What to do with a remodel that's too tight but still leaky and has continuing indoor air quality issues — sometimes building better makes things worse. It pays to have a pro weigh in.

   

• Barn Raising: Where LEED Platinum and History Meet

  This remodeler's LEED Platinum, zero net energy office is also on the National Register of Historic Places — a first.

   

• Baby Steps on the Path to High-Performance Homes

   

• Spray-Foam Insulation: Open-Cell vs. Closed-Cell

  The pros and cons of each type of insulation.