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Someone recently highlighted an interesting fact to us. If (insert big company name here e.g. 3M or Dupont) made a fiber that was renewable, managed moisture, purified the air and...

We celebrated 6 years in October and just closed our best year ever – by a wide margin. At 6 we are more than halfway to the 10 years many...

We understand that more efficient structures can lead to reduced energy consumption. However, we also increasingly understand there is much more to the equation than heating or cooling and the...

We are happy to share testimonials and quite proud of the feedback we are able to earn from our products. Wool and its high-integrity characteristics are the baseline for these...

Kristof Irwin of Positive Energy recently hosted our friend Lucas Johnson of 475 Building Supply on his podcast for a fascinating discussion around sustainable building. The specific topic is the...

Figuring out your home insulation options can be confusing. There are a lot of variables to consider. In this post, we’ll explain the basics of a common type of insulation...

There is an argument that the ultimate in sustainability is to ‘use what you have’. This certainly applies to the homes we live in. Home restoration as opposed to replacement...

There are many unique qualities of the wool fiber that make it a high-performing insulation – moisture management, air filtration, sound absorption, fire resistance. One aspect that can be difficult...

A Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) is a rating for how much sound a material absorbs. The higher the rating, the better the sound absorption. So a material with an NRC...

As we’ve written before , we think foam insulation has NO place in a home. It is a toxic, high embodied carbon shortcut to insulating properly. And yet the building...

At the avant-garde of building science there is an increasingly lively debate around the correct wall assembly to manage vapor diffusion. The conversation, though dense and complex is important becaus...

In this week’s podcast, we check in with Christine, a homeowner, mother of two and a repeat purchaser of Havelock Wool. Her compelling perspective reinforces our mission here at Havelock....