Bulkhead Air Conditioners look fabulous and they are usually in higher-end homes or apartments. They are usually recessed into a wall or false beam. In the majority of...
GLUX Builders, taking on an ambitious passive house build in Melbourne Australia, working hand in hand with the architect, to ensure this building achieves the...
Building Science, Talking Building Performance, Technology
Common Sarking or High Performance Wall Systems by Proclima?
Foil sarking is a commonly used product for wrapping Australian homes, in this video we cover the reason why we wrapped homes. The reason why foil sarking (radiant...
Building Science, ecoCOOL Tips, Talking Building Performance
Losing Comfort From Your Ceiling Attic Hatch
Manholes into the attic/roof void can leak a lot of air and they can also account for a significant area of uninsulated surface on your ceiling. In this video we talk...
Building Science, ecoCOOL Tips, Talking Building Performance
Sucking the comfort out of your home via internal walls
This is a common problem in homes built up to the 1980’s with connectivity to a cold subfloor and roof. The floor stops and starts to internal walls, and back at...
ecoEVO design Episode 11
Passive house Remodel of a Volume Builder Project Home
Kitchens are a very important part of the home to ventilate for health and safety. What most people don’t realise, is that carbon monoxide as always produced when...
Melbourne 1970’s home’s are common, and we cant knock down everything, in this video we cover a serious business retrofit of a poor performing old AV...
Blockwork and Hebel Brick, are interesting products, and they provide so many features in construction, but can these types of walls be relied upon for airtightness? In...
Blower Door Testing, Talking Building Performance
Passive House inspired home, finding the gaps to achieve .6ACH@50pa
Mark Pohlner and Efficiency Matrix go on a witch hunt looking for air leaks in an already air tight home, which is using an internal wrap as its air barrier. Air...
