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Support HempHome: Tiny+
The Tiny House movement has gained some serious momentum in the US over the last couple of years. Now, GreenBuilt has taken it to the next level, with the HempHome: Tiny+. They call it, “The Next Wave...
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Waterbury VT Municipal Complex uses INTELLO Plus for Foam-Free Enclosure...
INTELLO Plus from foundation to roof: all interior walls and ceilings of this building include Pro Clima’s airtight smart vapor retarder to ensure that the enclosure maintains high performance for the...
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Jersey City’s First Certified Passive House is a Carefully Considered Retrofit
This article is a reblog from part 3 of a series from Jersey Digs. We’re seeing exciting updates from the architects at Mowery Marsh and construction management team of Brinton Brosius, with building...
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The Returns From Indiana Are In: 0.4 ACH50 For The Win!
Vertical furring strips make a vented rainscreen Cruz, Clinton, Trump, Sanders…Warkentien? Dave Warkentien lives in Indiana and recently earned winning numbers: 0.4 ACH50. He also got winning returns...
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Office Envy
Make way for the new Caliper Studio passive office! Located on the North side of Brooklyn, an area that is rapidly transforming from an old industrial center to a new hub of hip restaurants,...
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Intro to CONTEGA Acrylic Adhesives
What Matters: Strength, Durability, Flexibility, and Indoor Air Quality Buildings are often thought of as fixed objects. But in the real world, changes in the weather cause buildings to move – and we...
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Ventilation’s Energy Problem: Most Of It Just Sucks
Inaugural post of the Turning BS into Building Science series by Lucas Johnson Most often, ventilation sucks. When I was the third contractor enrolled in Energy Upgrade CA, I enjoyed being on the...
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IPHC Darmstadt 2016: Passive House celebrates 25 years
Fünfundzwanzig Luftballons (get it?) to celebrate 25 Years of Passive House at the Darmstadtium 2016 marks the 25th birthday of the Passive House standard, as well as the 20th installment of the...
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New York State Mandates Blowerdoor Testing Beginning October: Our Reaction
Airtightness is for Everyone As a company built on airtightness, we always pushed the building industry and building codes toward progressively tighter and tighter building goals. Because even at...
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Urban Green Presents GPRO: Homes – Classes Start June 15th
If you are a home building professional in New York, Urban Green Council in NYC has a new GPRO resource, GPRO: Homes. GPRO: Homes is an entry-level course, targeting a wide range of professionals –...
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The Double-Stud Wall Simplified: Low Cost, High Performance
Simplify. We know pushing standard code-minimum construction toward high-performance is complicated. So we’re always looking for ways to simplify to simultaneously reduce cost while optimizing...
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The Latest PHPP is Revolutionary
Passive House Software Is Leaping Forward With each iteration of the PHPP (Passive House Planning Package), Passive House practitioners get more powerful tools to reduce building energy by design. Of...
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How To Prepare For High Performance Windows
Your Windows Are Nice, But How’s Your Install? Windows might make you nervous. They all seem to have different needs for installation. They’re big, heavy, and fragile. And in a high performance...
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New York State Mandates Blowerdoor Testing Beginning October: Our Reaction
Airtightness is for Everyone As a company built on airtightness, we have always pushed the building industry and building codes toward progressively tighter and tighter building goals. Because even at...
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NEW: PHI-A Certified, Simulated Double-Hung, Landmark Windows
The VICTORIA Window We’re excited to introduce the newest addition to the 475 High Performance Building Supply product line: VICTORIA windows. We’re debuting this new, important addition at the NAPHN16...
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New Product: TESCON PROFECT
A Pre-Folded Tape That Makes Perfect Corners Based on Pro Clima’s proven tape technologies, TESCON PROFECT gives architects and contractors a new important tool to make airtight connections at inside...
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A Declaration of Independence from Foam Plastic Insulation (2016)
In the spirit of 1776, 475 High Performance Building Supply is proud to reprint an update to our Declaration of Independence from Foam Plastic Insulation, first published for July 4th 2013...
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SOLITEX Resource Library
Pro Clima SOLITEX exterior membranes are leading the way to higher performance and better energy efficiency in North American construction. SOLITEX products offer unmatched waterproofing, airtightness...
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Blowerdoor Testing The Best Doggie Door In North America
We’re excited to put the super-efficient Freedom Pet Pass doggie door to the test. In this quick edit of the video, we introduce it by showing how the double-layer of magnetic strips work to hold the...
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Artwork Sees The Light Of Day In Red Hook, Brooklyn
High performance engineering has landed on the rooftop of the latest art gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn. (click images to see full-size) 475 was excited to provide these high performance, custom-sized,...
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