Sentences with phrase «through building envelopes»

A lot of water has passed through building envelopes since the B.C. Real Estate Association released their last leaky condo position paper in March 2001, the last leaky condo news release in April 2001 and the last leaky condo brief presented to MLAs in April 2000.

Heat waves lead to warmer indoor temperatures in three primary ways: conduction of heat from outdoors through the building envelope; transmission of radiant solar heat through windows; and the convection of warm air through open windows and doors and air leakage.

The only other TARION warranty periods left in play are the two year coverage for water penetration through the building envelope and the seven year coverage for what is described as a «Major Structural Defect».

Not exact matches

There are three subsystems that qualify for a tax deduction through the 179D: the building envelope, the HVAC, and the lighting system.

Happily, the expansion takes place within the building envelope at the lower level, wholly preserving the appearance of the original structure, which is widely admired for its sublime proportions, the quality of light that permeates the interior spaces, and for the experience navigating through.

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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«For example in 2012 our Group Headquarters in Kingscourt Ireland achieved Net Zero Energy through extensive retrofit of the existing building by incorporating our high performance building envelope, rooftop solar PV and LED lighting system.

The international Passive House Standard is achieved through a good level of thermal insulation, climatically optimized Passive House windows, an airtight building envelope, an appropriate ventilation system, and thermal bridge free design.

Supply ventilation will tend to pressurize an interior space relative to the outdoors, causing inside air to be forced out through leakage openings located randomly throughout the building envelope.

Supply air enters the building envelope through gaps or provided vents (see Figure 1).

In theory, your building's envelope could be riddled with thermal bridges both obvious (steel beams protruding through walls) and obscure (poorly detailed foundation - to - wall transitions) and perform just as well in LEED's eyes as a thermal bridge - free building.

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.

We may otherwise be giving back some of the benefits via: leaky chimney dampers; low R value masonry and metal chimneys which penetrate the building envelope (both heating and cooling penalties depending on the season); convective air currents arising from temperature differentials inside large chimneys; metal pipe air intakes which can be quite difficult to insulate, channeling cold into the envelope 24/7 during heating season; backdrafting through leaky woodstove doors; and so forth.

«This competition recognizes innovators who are pushing the envelope to protect the environment through green building design,» said Jeff Scott, the EPA's Waste Division director for the Pacific Southwest region, in a release.

Too bad if the product warranty is for, say, X number of years (correctly installed, that is) for example, regarding leaking windows, and the common element warranty period for water penetration through the building's envelope is only two years.

With older properties we usually lay - out a plan to improve the building envelope first through air sealing (getting rid of drafts and convection within the wall cavities) and, where possible, insulation -LCB- not always straight forward... many old brick buildings have limited insulation options due to the brick requiring heat transfer from inside to drive moisture from the brick -RCB-.

«Water - tight envelopes,» for instance, which are basically membranes that keep rain and sea spray from soaking through a building's walls, should probably be a basic requirement, he says.