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In the third installment of our HVAC design series, we delve into the intricacies of sizing and selecting HVAC equipment - a sophisticated HVAC design stage this is often misunderstood. To write this article we have consulted with Jake DeWerth, an HVAC Design & Building Performance Expert from Florida. Understanding a “Ton” in HVAC A [...]
Welcome back to the second installment in our series on HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) design for high-performance homes and buildings. We are delighted to collaborate with Jake DeWerth, a seasoned HVAC Design & Building Performance Expert from Florida, for this in-depth series. The Importance of Accurate HVAC Load Calculations When [...]
This post is the first of a series of articles that will guide you through the intricacies of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) design, with a focus on high-performance homes and buildings. We're fortunate to partner with Jake DeWerth, an experienced HVAC Design & Building Performance Expert from Florida, for this deep-dive series. This [...]
Over the past 5+ years, 1,000+ Net-Zero (NZ) and Net-Zero-Ready (NZR) homes have been built in Canada under the Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s Net Zero Home Program. And with that sample size, and with energy codes are trending toward the Net Zero Ready benchmark, it’s time to ask ourselves – what have we learned? [...]
More stringent energy codes are being adopted across the USA. Here is the current make up energy codes on a state-by-state basis: And here are the energy code adoptions are expected in the near future: And, recently passed federal incentives for energy code upgrades will only accelerate this trend. In the post [...]
In a previous Logix Brands blog post “Transition Details at Grade” were reviewed and one finding was that failures often don’t occur in the field of a wall, roof or the foundation, but rather at the transition from one control layer or material to another control layer or material (i.e. air control layer from [...]
Importance of Detailing Transitions Failures of the building enclosure can occur within a wall, roof, or the foundation, however, more often than not a failure occurs at the transition from one assembly or material to another (i.e. above grade wall to foundation wall or exterior to interior air barrier system). A failure at a [...]