Sentences with phrase «envelope airtightness»

The House of Energy features triple - glazed windows, an «excellent level» of thermal protection, a high level of building envelope airtightness, construction that is largely thermal bridge - free and a ventilation system with heat recovery

Energy efficiency is delivered through triple - glazed windows, an «excellent level» of thermal protection, a high level of building envelope airtightness, construction that us largely thermal bridge - free and a ventilation system with heat recovery.

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The construction industry is slowly grasping the idea that airtightness is important for energy saving and comfort — and is building tighter envelopes.

Next we modelled our high performance envelope scenario to see what would be required for compliance if using a boiler and found that near passive house levels of insulation and airtightness would be needed for all three house types, with U-values of 0.13 for opaque elements, 1.2 for windows and doors and an airtightness of 1.0 m3 / h / m2).

A veteran of several wide cavity builds, he supervised the project and worked through each airtightness and thermal detail to ensure a passive - standard building envelope.

The team insulated the entire building envelope with EPS, and airtightness is provided by the OSB along with Siga tapes and membranes.