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Homeowner Education: The Missing Key to Understanding Your Home’s Systems original ↗

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1 Aug 2025

I’ve Accepted a New Job original ↗

2 Feb 2025

Do You Know About the Four Different Airs Inside Our Homes?original ↗

2 Feb 2025

Using S.W.O.T. to Help Develop a Scope of Work original ↗

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19 Jan 2025

How to install a Window When Using a Self-Adhered WRB original ↗

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2024

A New Tool to Find Air Leaks in Buildings Using Sound original ↗

31 Dec 2024

Considerations When Adding Exhausting Equipment to an Existing Home original ↗

18 Dec 2024

How to Integrate a Window into a Water Resistive Barrier original ↗

2 Dec 2024

How a Window Manufacturer Tests Thier Products original ↗

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Building Above the Energy Code original ↗

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What You Need to Know About Thermal Imaging Cameras original ↗

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30 Sept 2024

Blower Door Testing for Contractors, Should You Own One?original ↗

15 Sept 2024

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8 Sept 2024

The Effects of Poorly Installed (or Missing) Insulation original ↗

30 Aug 2024

Choosing the Right Vapor Retarder for Crawlspace Encapsulation original ↗

18 Aug 2024

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11 Aug 2024

Comparing Your Home’s Energy Use to Your “Neighbors”original ↗

4 Aug 2024

How to Design a Frost Protected Shallow Foundation System original ↗

28 Jul 2024

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20 Jul 2024

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7 Jul 2024

A Crash Course on the Four Control Layers original ↗

30 Jun 2024

Where to Locate the WRB when using Continuous Insulation-Inside or Out?original ↗

16 Jun 2024

Concrete Free Slab on Grade House – Five Years Later original ↗

9 Jun 2024

Do You Always Need to Stick with a Manufacturer’s Family of Products?original ↗

19 May 2024

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8 May 2024

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28 Apr 2024

Building Codes and Building Science are Beginning to Better Align original ↗

22 Apr 2024

Why Knowing Your Climate Zone is Important original ↗

4 Apr 2024

How Well Do You Know Building Science?original ↗

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Common Building Science Mistakes to Avoid original ↗

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Ice Dams-Why They Form and How to Reduce their Risk original ↗

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Construction Materials-Window Performance Labels original ↗

6 Sept 2023

Code-Blower Door Testing a Small Home original ↗

28 Aug 2023

Energy Conservation-Shallow Energy Retrofit original ↗

22 Aug 2023

Construction Design-What Is and How to Achieve Acoustical Comfort original ↗

29 Jul 2023

Construction Design-Caulking 101-Sealant Chemistry original ↗

27 Jul 2023

Rockwool-Not Your 1950’s Mineral Wool Insulation original ↗

25 Jul 2023

Construction Design-Caulking 101-Terminology original ↗

1 Jul 2023

Construction Materials-Air Sealing a Garage Door original ↗

29 Jun 2023

Construction Design-Windows in Shower Enclosures original ↗

20 Jun 2023

Recessed Lighting in Older Homes-The Issues and the Fixes original ↗

18 Jun 2023

Construction Design-Caulking 101 original ↗

11 Jun 2023

Roofs and Water-Where Leaks Occur original ↗

29 May 2023

Barndominium-Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing and Final Blower Door Numbers original ↗

29 Apr 2023

Sealing Electrical Penetrations original ↗

15 Apr 2023

Construction Education-Zero Failures, a Factory Training original ↗

7 Apr 2023

Ten Requirements for High Performance Buildings original ↗

4 Apr 2023

Types of Home Energy Audits original ↗

1 Apr 2023

North Central Building Science Symposium original ↗

27 Mar 2023

New Product-Siga’s Rissan Window Flashing System original ↗

26 Mar 2023

Construction Education-International Builders Show original ↗

25 Mar 2023

Building Diagnostic-Service Panel Corrosion original ↗

8 Mar 2023

Window R-Values original ↗

5 Mar 2023

Windows-Water and Air Sealing original ↗

26 Feb 2023

The Thermal Bridge original ↗

21 Feb 2023

The Diminishing Return of Insulation original ↗

11 Feb 2023

What is R-Value?original ↗

27 Jan 2023

Indoor Air Quality and Building Diagnostics original ↗

26 Jan 2023

Why You Need Blower Door Testing original ↗

21 Jan 2023

Duct Tightness Testing original ↗

19 Jan 2023

Construction Materials-Success with Construction Adhesives original ↗

13 Jan 2023

Construction Design-Wind Washing original ↗

7 Jan 2023

Construction Materials-Airtight Electrical Boxes original ↗

3 Jan 2023

2022

Building Science-Window Condensation original ↗

24 Dec 2022

Diagnostic Tools-Indoor Air Quality original ↗

22 Dec 2022

Building Science-Natural Air Leakage original ↗

6 Dec 2022

Construction Education-Texas Building Science Symposium original ↗

1 Dec 2022

Diagnostic Tools-Hikmicro Pocket 2 Thermal Imaging Camera original ↗

27 Nov 2022

Diagnostic Tools-Monitoring Electricity Usage original ↗

20 Nov 2022