Introducing INTELLO X: The Smart Airtightness & Vapor Control Choice for...
We’re very excited to introduce INTELLO X as the next generation – improved to take a beating in unforgiving environments, like the job site of commercial construction projects. Culture Shed on...
View ArticleExperience the Future: Visit a Passive House during International Passive...
You’ve heard of Passive House. You’ve noticed a Passive House job site near you. Or you’ve read about the growing number of Passive House buildings in magazines, newspapers and blog posts. Now you can...
View ArticlePassive House at Full Speed in NYC
We’ve been active in helping incubate the Passive House movement across the continent with particular emphasis on our home turf of New York City. And the signs of of activity have been encouraging –...
View ArticleNature Does it Best: GUTEX Wood Fiberboard Insulation
Wood you like continuous insulation? GUTEX has produced insulating fiberboards from wood for over 85 years. Today, GUTEX is a leader in innovative, environmentally-friendly manufacturing. GUTEX uses a...
View ArticleInstaller Spotlight: American Installations
Innovation in insulation installation… try saying that five times fast. American Installations rolling up to the job site. Ventilated Rotary Nozzle on the cellulose blower. Cardboard strips used as...
View Article475 On-Site: Frack-Free Housing With Bright Common Architecture
We love the work of Bright Common Architecture in Philadelphia. Not only do they do great work, they have taken our banner of Foam-Free building a step further, developing the term “frack-free...
View ArticleHow Many Blower Door Fans Does It Take to Test a 26 Story Tower?
Blower door test being completed on June 3rd. Ten? Nine? Eight? Seven? Six? Five? Four? Three? Two? If it’s the Certified Passive House at Cornell Tech? Just one. This astonishing fact is one of the...
View ArticleBest of Off-Label Uses: Part 4
Life is never steady state. Things get broken and patched along the way, and when we need a quick solution, we go to what works simply and easily. That’s why people love using Pro Clima tape for all...
View ArticleInstalling High Performance BEWISO Windows In A Historic Brooklyn Home
The solution for comfort, efficiency, and silence in a historic Brooklyn brownstone building Ben Leer, Daylighting Specialist from 475 High Performance Building Supply, demonstrates the details of a...
View Article475 Tape Performance Lab: Underwater Tape Test
Welcome to the 475 Tape Performance Lab (aka our Brooklyn HQ presentation room). We ask a lot of our tape. It airseals the junctions between the components in our high performance assemblies, helps...
View ArticleZeroEnergy Design: Prioritizing Building Envelope Resilience
This post was written in a collaboration between 475 and ZeroEnergy Design ZeroEnergy Design (ZED) is one of the northeast’s leaders in high performance residential design. A self-described “modern...
View ArticleWhy Smart Cities Need Passive House Buildings
Passive House is the best building standard to bring the physical infrastructure of the smart city up to the level of the digital infrastructure. Thanks to Sidewalk Labs’ announcement of their massive...
View Article475 Tape Performance Lab: Tapes, Primers and Pressurization
Welcome back to the 475 Tape Performance Lab (aka our Brooklyn HQ presentation room). Check out last month’s experiment: Underwater Tape Test. We ask a lot of our tape. It airseals the junctions...
View ArticleReason Foam Fails #8 – Hypersensitive On-Site Manufacturing
The construction industry has been making more and more building parts in the factory – through panelization, modular construction and complex component fabrication. Factories are great at providing...
View Article2017 Year in Review
While 2017 was a miserable year for many obvious reasons, we were fortified by the growth of high performance construction projects and awareness. From significant policy achievements in places like...
View ArticleWhat’s 475 About – Reflections for a New Year (2018)
This article was first posted January 1, 2017. With each New Year we’ll revisit and update/edit as we see appropriate – keeping our sense of mission and values front and center. When people ask what...
View Article475 On-Site: Gramercy Passive House with ChoShields Studio
In Cho, principal of the New York architecture firm ChoShields Studio, gave us a thorough rundown of the firm’s recently completed Passive House project in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. The...
View ArticleIntroduction to Lightway – Next Generation of Solar Tubes
Daylighting our building interiors has many well-known benefits – as it makes us healthier and more productive at work, school, and home. What could be better? Lightway tubes light up a hallway in a...
View ArticleArtwork 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. 475 was excited to provide these high performance, custom-sized, triple-glazed Lamilux FE...
View ArticleIn the PHI Lab and In the Field: INTELLO Tests Tightest
Pro Clima’s INTELLO airtight system proven by Certification of the Passive House Institute and at the University of Northern British Columbia. INTELLO Plus testing. Photo Credit: PHI KAFLEX &...
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