Blog
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Energy Transfer 101
We have an online forum for our vanlife community to share ideas and experiences around using Havelock Wool. Every so often there is a post that we just have to...
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Does your insulation store carbon?
As we have written about, the carbon emissions of Havelock Wool stack up extremely favorably compared to any other insulation material. It’s easy to understand as our raw material is...
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We’ve learned quite a bit in 7 years….time to share.
We’ve been at this for 7 years. We began surrounded by building industry vets and were happy to keep our ears open and our mouths shut. We sat, we listened...
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The Havelock Wool LCA / EPD
After a bit of hard work and investment, we have published the Havelock Wool EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) . We began this endeavor at the...
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Havelock Wool is Mold Resistant
In this post we won’t get into why mold is a bad thing for your living space. This topic is widely covered and frankly there is not a lot of...
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Havelock Wool is Fire Resistant
One of the most common questions we get about wool insulation is what about fire resistance ? It’s a crucial factor when considering any building material, especially insulation which sits...
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Behind the Studs with Havelock Wool
We were lucky to be invited onto the Behind the Studs podcast , hosted by Colin Shaw and Jimmy Driscoll, two great homebuilders and remodelers from Connecticut. Their podcast covers...
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The Havelock Wool Story – in a 3 minute video!
We started Havelock Wool because we saw an opportunity to effect positive change by re-introducing an incredibly dynamic fiber into the built environment. It has been a long and rewarding...
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Hey Havelock…how is your LCA / EPD going?
We have enjoyed learning more about the LCA/EPD process and how our endeavors fit in the equation. We can skip over the process and let the report speak for itself...
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The Definitive Havelock Wool Insulation Installation Videos
We are excited to share our new Havelock Wool installation videos with you. We get many questions about the specifics of installing Havelock Wool and these videos will give an...
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Havelock Wool Forging Ahead
Our process is uniquely simple. We procure raw material (wool) in New Zealand, send it to ourselves in Nevada where we run a lite-touch manufacturing process, package roughly 6 different...
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The Better Building Club
The Better Building Club We attempt to write this week with no tone. This is simply an effort to raise awareness around a recurring theme and ideally solicit some help....