Insulation around the whole perimeter of your home, can be a significant performance hit on your homes heating and cooling needs. Spray foam can be...
ecoCOOL Tips, ecoEVO Design, Talking Building Performance
Category - Talking Building Performance
ecoCOOL Tips, Talking Building Performance
Finishing Trades – Tackling Air Leakage & Ventilation for new builds including Renovations/Retrofits
Episode 3 – This video should be watched for information about the Finishing Stage or retrofitting a new home to be more efficient.
ecoCOOL Tips, Talking Building Performance
Getting more air tightness out of your home or renovation!
This video should be watched for information about the tail end of the Insulation Stage and Plaster Stage or retrofitting a new home to be more...
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...
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...
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...
Blockwork and Hebel Brick, are interesting products, and they provide so many features in construction, but can these types of walls be relied upon...
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...
Homes in Australia and around the world can leak a lot of air, especially if they have a conventional exhaust fan venting into a roof space and they...
Episode 03 If you add insulation to your walls but you don’t pay attention to sealing them well, you’re asking for trouble. Make sure the walls don’t...
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