The Eco-Panels Blog
Air-Sealing is key
Our panels will provide you with the best thermal and air-sealed structural boundary on the market today, but it's all for naught if you have poorly installed windows and doors. Structures built with our panels have consistently scored significantly better than even...
Odd dimensions are not “green” and are money down the drain
This is a quick rant. So many times we see dimensions on a house plan that read a wall height of something like 9'3.5" or 12'4", etc. I think this represents one of the largest disconnects between home designers (architects included) and the "real" world. The "real"...
Crawl Spaces
crawlspaces.org, a very informative website from the building scientists at Advanced Energy, is a great resource! From CrawlSpaces.org: Many homes built on crawl space foundations in the Southeastern United States suffer from poor moisture management. Some of the...
Insulation
If you wish to insulate traditionally this page tries to discuss a couple of types of standard insulation. It can be a very complex and time consuming process - if done correctly. The links to the right are all very important if you wish to do an effective job of...
How do you define Green?
The term "green" gets tossed around so much these days you'd think the Irish had taken over. I can hardly watch a nice round of Thursday night NBC without GE touting its green credentials. Some people have their own definitions for green while more than a few don't...