Blog
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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....
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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...