Tag: Comfortboard 80
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What is Continuous Insulation and Why Does It Matter?
Let’s start by clearing up a misconception about building envelopes: Buildings need to breathe, walls don’t. If you want a building to be energy efficient and comfortable, you can’t have leaky walls.  If you want a resilient building without mold issues, you can’t have walls that trap moisture. With a continuous insulation strategy, however, you…
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High Performance Walls and SIPs
When building an energy efficient home, High Performance wall assemblies are critical components, and can be grouped into a couple of categories: 1. Built on-site advanced wall assemblies and 2. Prefabricated walls, to include SIPs. Note that this blog post is largely dedicated to Polyurethane SIPs.  ICFs, Insulated Concrete Forms, are a good option and…