Blog
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The Importance of Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality is Important The air we breathe in our homes, schools, and buildings is often 2-5 times more polluted than outside air. While there has been progress in...
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Implementing Biophilic Design in Your Living Space
As we’ve written about before , we believe strongly in connecting our built environment with the natural world. Biophilic design does just that by establishing direct and indirect experiences with...
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How to Choose an Insulation Installer
For too long the consensus view has been that insulation doesn’t matter. ‘Just go the cheapest route, get it in the walls and cover it up so we can move...
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Insulation Terms….Make Informed Decisions
As our business grows we meet more people everyday interested in healthy building. Some are building experts but often people are just beginning to learn how homes are built. With...
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What’s so cool about wool?
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...
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Havelock 2020 Vision
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...
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Construction Emissions Must be Addressed
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...
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What are others saying about Havelock Wool?
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...
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The Insulation Decision
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...
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What is Batt Insulation?
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...
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Restoration and 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...
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Why Wool Works
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...