The Eco-Panels Blog
The skinny on “organic” spray foam insulation
This morning I had just enough quiet time as my young daughters ate breakfast to catch "Living With Ed", a really great and entertaining show on the Planet Green network. I'll save you the entire recap but Ed (Ed Begley Jr., the movie star and avid green...
Common household products can affect indoor air quality (IAQ)
We can try very hard to help you build a home or commercial building that provides a strong, safe, healthy and highly energy efficient building envelope. And a very large part of the safe and healthy aspect of an Eco-Panels home comes from proper ventilation to...
What the honey bee can teach us about building envelopes
I attended an excellent presentation yesterday by nationally recognized building scientist, Chris Mathis, a contributing code writing member of the ICC, ASHRAE, NAHB and founder/co-founder of the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC). As a hobby Chris is also a...
Indoor Air Quality
The EPA (www.epa.gov) has found the levels of common organic pollutants to be two to five times higher inside homes than outside, whether they were located in rural or highly industrialized areas. Elements contained in indoor air quality can trigger asthma and...
“Green” Attributes
While we sometimes try to stay away from the "green" label to avoid appearing to be rushing in on a bandwagon, if your mission is to significantly reduce energy consumption and improve the efficiency of the use of raw materials while providing a superior building...