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2. Superinsulation - Wikipedia

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   Many builders in northern Canada use a simple 1/3 to 2/3 approach, placing the vapor barrier no further out than 1/3 of the R-value of the insulated portion of the wall. This method is generally valid for interior walls with little or no vapor resistance (e.g., they use fibrous insulation) and controls air leakage condensation and vapor ...

3. Sustainable refurbishment - Wikipedia

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   Sustainable refurbishment describes working on existing buildings to improve their environmental performance using sustainable methods and materials. A refurbishment or retrofit is defined as: "any work to a building over and above maintenance to change its capacity, function or performance' in other words, any intervention to adjust, reuse, or upgrade a building to suit new conditions or ...

4. Passive house - Wikipedia

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   The first US passive retrofit project, the remodeled craftsman O'Neill house in Sonoma, California, [25] was certified in July 2010. In the United States, passive house design was first implemented by Katrin Klingenberg in 2003 when she built a passive home prototype named "The Smith House" in Urbana, Illinois . [ 26 ]

5. Home improvement - Wikipedia

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   Home or residential renovation is an almost $300 billion industry in the United States, [5] and a $48 billion industry in Canada. [6] [full citation needed] The average cost per project is $3,000 in the United States and $11,000–15,000 in Canada. Professional home improvement is ancient and goes back to the beginning of recorded civilization.

6. The Property Brothers Fear Trump's Tariffs Could Send ...

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   At the same time, their retail and e-commerce home-furnishing product lines are ubiquitous in multiple retail outlets such as Living Spaces, Macy's, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Wayfair and Amazon. They ...

7. 3D-Printed Houses: What Do They Cost and Are They Actually ...

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   Dustin Fox, Realtor and owner of Fox Homes, said you should expect to pay $15,000 for a one-bedroom home — and the prices go up from there. “Adding one more bedroom will [make the home] cost ...