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Another cool thing - Newhouse's air leakage rate is 0.053 cfm/sf @ 75 pa (0.23 ACH50) - beating the passive house target without it being a formal goal!

Lots of coordination went into airtightness detailing here, specifically at mass timber panels and steel structure elements.

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The original Newhouse Building was meant to be temporary, yet lasted 90 yrs.

The replacement building is a timeless addition to the WA Capitol Campus. Mass timber/steel structure w/ reclaimed sandstone & douglas fir.

Check out the construction timelapse! https://t.co/7cveZcvrvK

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The original Newhouse Building was meant to be temporary, yet lasted 90 yrs.

The replacement building is a timeless addition to the WA Capitol Campus. Mass timber/steel structure w/ reclaimed sandstone & douglas fir.

Check out the construction timelapse! https://t.co/7cveZcvrvK

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Open loop hydronic distribution - interesting concept Nancy!

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
December 10,1952

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A bit behind one of the first events after our house fire - the cause & origin inspection. #rebuildinghome

https://t.co/gWaqLq7PJq

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@JesseTayRiver Thank you Jesse - I truly appreciate this. Thankfully my envelope restoration network seems to overlap with many folks in the fire restoration world so I've been able to find great support so far - but it's still early days!

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Chat, I recently had a devastating fire at home, the building I love most, and am still reeling from it.

I hope to document the rebuilding journey by writing about it. I hope you'll follow along.

Totally candid, feedback encouraged.

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Spot the IGU failure....

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I bet the bird that lived here was cozy for a while. My guess is northern flicker - any other guesses? (House in Seattle)

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Are there any good resources out there on ancient pueblo architecture that focus on building science?

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Got to tour the cave dwellings in Mesa Verde NP on our summer family road trip.

Very humbling to see common sense building science in ancient pueblo construction - overhang protection, small openings, thermal mass. The fresh air intake shafts probably awed me the most though.

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@TheeFerringer @brian_gulden @nickhasthoughts So essentially Indiana has resolved the duality of roof drain/overflow and has achieved peace and unity.

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Overflow roof drains are weired.

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@bobby_buildings Embrace your weired side.

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New roof inspection shirt just dropped.

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SUCH a great thread on #comfort #physics #buildingscience @energysmartwv @feelgoodhomes @TruTechTools @CanaryScience @allisonbailes @BuildingSciFan

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@feelgoodhomes @shawnahenders19 @energysmartwv @TruTechTools @CanaryScience @allisonbailes Ya that seems like a bit of a leap. I would be interested to see any studies on both the ecological and humanitarian impacts of mass heat pump deployment to India though.

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@shawnahenders19 @energysmartwv @feelgoodhomes @TruTechTools @CanaryScience @allisonbailes Good thread, thank you for forwarding!

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@anotherDaphne Most PVC roof membranes are incompatible with asphaltic materials, because the plasticizers that make the PVC roof membrane flexible will migrate away and leave the roof membrane brittle.