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Double Stud Wall vs. Continuous Exterior Insulation
A common attribute among high-performance homes is a well-insulated wall. The code minimums for R-Value will depend on where you live but regardless of climate zone, a good wall will...
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Too Much Insulation?
As we’ve written about before, there are major issues with only using R-Value to assess insulation and your overall thermal envelope. In this post, we’ll dive into the idea of...
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Rockwool has broken the law in the first major settled case of greenwashing in the construction industry
Local media in Copenhagen reports Rockwool has broken the law and settled the case. The article goes on to mention other possible police reports in a broader scheme to greenwash....
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When Building Your Way is the Right Way
Stefan Milkowski and his family care deeply about building structures that are functional, durable, and beautiful. So when the time came to design and build their own home in Alaska,...
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Building a Climate Resilient, High Performance Home
The climate crisis is changing how many architects design and build homes. Extreme weather impacts everything from a home’s location to building material selection. One architect at the forefront of...
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Tax Credits for Insulation
[Please note! We here at Havelock Wool are wool experts, not tax experts! If you have any questions on this tax credit please do your own research and/or consult with...
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Caution: Foam is Not an Air Seal
If you are using spray foam as an air seal for your home, you will have problems down the road. Spray foam should never be confused with a durable air...
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DIY Van Window Covers
The importance of using high-quality window covers in a van conversion cannot be understated. Their use is four-fold: temperature regulation, sound dampening, privacy, and theft deterrence. TEMPERATUR...
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Why Do We Build Houses?
It is hot, getting hotter, in the summer, cold and incredibly snowy at times in winter and torrential rain seems to feature in the news cycle now more than ever....
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R-Value, U-Value and a Common Insulation Myth
In the insulation world, we all get caught up on R-Value, despite its shortcomings (of which we’ve written before ). Another thermal performance measure worth attention is U-Value, a close...
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A Tale of Two Climates
Yestermorrow implements Havelock Wool in Vermont and Utah Editor’s Note… The Yestermorrow Design Build School is one the coolest places to learn how to build healthy, high-performance structures. We r...
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What’s New at Havelock Wool
We’ve been hard at work making additions to our product line that address the needs of the trade, which we loosely define as architects, builders, and commercial installers. Though we...
