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The Passive House Blog by Linda Whaley

The ABC's of WUFI - Pt 1. Project Info

This week we’ll start with the opening screen information.  This is important to fill out with the specifics that will allow you to come back at some later date and figure out just what you were modeling.  It’s possible that you may do more than one wall type for a project, so keeping it spelled out plainly from the beginning will help you later on. 

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Calorique: With Jacqueline Powers 

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Calorique radiant heating systems have been around since the early 1980’s when the US building industry was using radiant heating in a good percentage of dwellings.

You can find apartments in every city with ceiling heating and homes with slab heating.  Calorique heating systems are used...

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The Small Planet Workshop is your link to knowledge and access of specialty products for the High Performance Building Envelope. We can help you select from some of the world's best air sealing tapes, membranes and speciality window installation / weather sealing materials. Our exam service offers you a check-up for potential mold and moisture in your proposed assemblies with WUFI Pro. We'll even build your super-insulated design in our foam free, pre-fabrication plant, and deliver it to your job site.


Cork boards are available from 1 to 12 inches thick.

New: ThermaCork, Expanded Cork Insulation - 100% Natural - 2013 Top 10 Winner from Building Green.

Now in stock at The Small Planet Workshop: Cork as ridged insulation that can be used in place of EPS, XPS or Polyiso under the facade. Expanded Cork is R4 per inch, yet still permeable to let moisture "dry through". There are no adhesives, binders or resins in expanded cork. As it's expanded under steam-heat and pressure at the factories biomass plant, the resin within the cork bark (harvested from the cork oak tree) "sweats out" and agglomerates, or "binds itself to itself" into a sturdy cork board. See our Cork info page, or see Expanded Cork Board packs in the Insulation & Sheathing department of the store.  

 

School in Lisbon Portugal a couple days after a period of heavy rain. Photo: Eva Rooks

Expanded Cork Insulation as a Building Facade

In addition to standard grade boards for insulation, there is also Facade Grade Expanded Cork that can be used as the building facade. For more information on "cork as a facade", give us a call at (360) 866-8779 or toll-free at 855-FOR-SIGA. Click on the picture on the right for a larger view of a school in Lisbon with a cork facade "drying out" after a week of heavy rain.

 

JLC Feb 2012 Article: Airsealing Tips and Tricks by Terry Nordbye

A doanload version is available here.

 

PHPP Manual

The Small Planet Workshop is pleased to announce that we are a reseller of the the Passivhaus Planning Package.

Get your copy NOW! 

The PHPP is the energy balancing software created by the Passivehaus Institut in Darmstadt Germany. The current version available is the 2012 English language/metric. To order a copy, or get more info on the current version go here. If you are new to the PHPP and would like a preview of how a project is entered into the PHPP, read the ABC's of the PHPP by Linda Whaley here. 

 

 

New Updated Instructional Videos

See the Small Planet Workshop YouTube Channel for a complete library of our Installation and Application Videos. The Library is broken into subjects: Window Installation, Interior Air Sealing, Exterior Air Sealing, etc.