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High Performance Tiny House: First-Hand Accounts
This post is written by a customer, sharing their experience building a foam-free tiny house with the help of 475 High Performance Building Supply product consulting and materials. First-hand accounts...
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Nature Does it Best: Gutex Wood Fiberboard Insulation
Gutex, based in the Black Forest of Germany, has produced insulation from wood for over 85 years. Today, Gutex is a leader in innovative, environmentally-friendly manufacturing. Gutex uses a mixture...
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Vapor Venting An Unvented Roof: Added safety by adding a Vapor diffusion port
"Classic Ridge Rot" documented by the Building Science Corporation in Alaska Planes can fly safely with one engine. And you can keep your pants up with just a belt. But...
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How to Stay Airtight When Buildings Move
Buildings move. Ensuring that your air barrier is resilient to movement is crucial to ensuring the longevity and performance of your building. Unless you're building a structure using just one...
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Tales From An Intello-gent Tiny House: 10 In-Depth Answers From An Enlightened Customer
10 In-Depth Answers From An Enlightened Customer 475 is excited to present this guest article, our most extensive customer-driven blog post to date. We're featuring the makers of the Room...
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Common Air Barrier Failures and How to Avoid Them
Top Ten *NO* Eleven Air Barrier Failures 1. It's not continuous! Mind the gap! The mother of all failures. You don't have an air barrier if it's not continuous- it...
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5 Tricks of the Trade For Thick, Dense-Packed Walls Behind Pro Clima Membranes
With contributions by Matthew Brennan, National Sales Manager at Thermocell; Jesse Matthews, Quality Control at RDH (formerly carpenter at The Fourth Pig Green and Natural Construction). At 475, a large...
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Building Panels With Only Wood, Straw, and Smart Vapor Control
Project Spotlight Location: Leyden, MA Architect: Michael Dobler Panel Builders: New Frameworks, HELM Builders General Contractor: Holden Builders Project Details Bottom of wall Window sill Window head Top of wall...
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LAMILUX Delivers The Unbeatable Benefits of Roof Daylighting
LAMILUX Delivers The Unbeatable Benefits of Roof Daylighting Pantheon, Rome In the world of high performance and Passive House buildings, roof daylighting has been largely ignored - a victim of...
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Tight Historic Masonry Rowhouse Renovation by Caliper Studio
Tight Historic Masonry Rowhouse Renovation by Caliper Studio On Prospect Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, Caliper Studio's gut renovation of a brick brownstone rowhouse used what has become the typical Passive...
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Cedar Shingles Hide a Beautiful Retrofit Wall Assembly
Small-Town Woodframe Retrofit Transforms Into A High-Performance Co-Working Space In the mid-coast Maine town of Bowdoinham, the local 1950’s Post Office on Main Street was run down and in dire...
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The Double-Stud Wall Simplified: Low Cost, High Performance
Low Cost High Performance Simplify. The double-stud wall is a well established method for creating a very economical, durable and high R-value assembly in new construction - and is one...
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How to Make It Stick: Preparing Surfaces For High Performance Air Sealing
A little housekeeping goes a long way. We sell Pro Clima tapes because they are incredible products. They promise long-term airtightness that will last for 100 years, are highly flexible...
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Project Spotlight: Raising the Roof by Bringing Light to New Spaces
Project name: 19 Father Francis Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Project type: Top floor apartment of a 7-story building Date or time frame of construction: Skylights were installed and project was...
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PRESS RELEASE: 475 HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING SUPPLY RETROFITS NEW BROOKLYN HEADQUARTERS OFFICE WITH SUPPORT FROM EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT
ESD Invests $120K to Advance Sustainable Retrofit of Brooklyn Headquarters Brooklyn, NY—475 High Performance Building Supply (475) is excited to announce the retrofit of its new headquarters at 369 Warren...
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Smart Vapor Control, Magical Thinking and Goldilocks
Be sure to protect your building for its entire lifetime In an endurance test, it’s critical to have capabilities in reserve to handle the unexpected: And the life of a...
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ZeroEnergy Design: Prioritizing Building Envelope Resilience
This post was written as 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 green...
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Wood Frame Roof Retrofit Case Study
Leaving Interior Finish Intact On a winter morning in Corvallis, Oregon, homeowner Debbie Palmer noticed a new stain on the carpet and realized the roof had serious condensation issues - stained...
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Double-Stud Walls: WUFI Pro Shows INTELLO is Key
New Mold Growth Index and Safe Double-Stud Walls Double-stud walls have been regarded as a simple to build, low-cost, high-performance solution since the energy crisis in the 1970's. (See our...
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Insulating Historic Masonry Buildings Safely: How WUFI Can Help
With the rising popularity of Passive House and EnerPHit renovation in brownstone and brick masonry renovations in the US and Canada, the question comes up time and time again: What...
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Intro to CONTEGA Acrylic Adhesives
What Matters: Strength, Durability, Flexibility and Indoor Air Quality Buildings are often thought of as fixed objects. But in the real world, changes in the weather cause buildings to move...
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How To Prepare For High Performance Windows
Windows might make you nervous. They're often big and heavy, yet fragile. And in a high performance building, windows are the most expensive components. But that investment in great windows...
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I-Joist Simply Done in Greenfield, MA
If you haven't heard of Robert Swinburne Architect or Bluetime Collaborative yet, do yourself a favor and check out his website and blog. If you have followed his career, you...
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A Wood-Frame Retrofit, Wrapped in Wood Insulation
Sidney Beaumont is an Emmy-award-winning documentary filmmaker, 475 investor, and Passive House enthusiast. His films are of special interest to those concerned with climate and environment, including: From the Ashes...
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