[Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation

Sun Jul 15 17:56:40 CDT 2018

Education on Radon:
https://globalnews.ca/video/4175308/radon-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-deadly-gas-that-may-be-in-your-home

[image: Styrohome]

*George Hawirko*
Product Designer | Styrohome
,
 Insulated Building

Envelopes
Phone: 604-477-7897
Site: about.me/StyroHome <http://about.me/styrohome>
Email: ergodesk at gmail.com
Skype: ergodesk
Address: #971 12151 224 St.
                 Maple Ridge, BC   V2X 7N5
                 CANADA
[image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/styrohome/>
[image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/styrohome>

On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:50 PM ErgoDesk <ergodesk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Radon is everywhere and it will kill you and your family, why we are so
> ignorant is my question to all.
>
>
> [image: Styrohome]
>
> *George Hawirko*
> Product Designer | Styrohome
> ,
>  Insulated Building
> 
> Envelopes
> Phone: 604-477-7897
> Site: about.me/StyroHome <http://about.me/styrohome>
> Email: ergodesk at gmail.com
> Skype: ergodesk
> Address: #971 12151 224 St.
>                  Maple Ridge, BC   V2X 7N5
>                  CANADA
> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/styrohome/>
> [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/styrohome>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:47 PM Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had the same question, but the link you provided isn't really the
>> answer I was looking for. Got anything more specific?
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:41 PM, ErgoDesk <ergodesk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Radon:
>>> https://www.google.ca/search?q=radon+shield&num=100&newwindow=1&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA777CA777&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC4ZS5laLcAhXZHjQIHUh3C4EQ_AUICigB&biw=1280&bih=596
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Styrohome]
>>>
>>> *George Hawirko*
>>> Product Designer | Styrohome
>>> ,
>>>  Insulated Building
>>> 
>>> Envelopes
>>> Phone: 604-477-7897
>>> Site: about.me/StyroHome <http://about.me/styrohome>
>>> Email: ergodesk at gmail.com
>>> Skype: ergodesk
>>> Address: #971 12151 224 St.
>>>                  Maple Ridge, BC   V2X 7N5
>>>                  CANADA
>>> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/styrohome/>
>>> [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/styrohome>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:32 PM Peter Kidd <peterkidd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's a radon SHIELD
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>> *From: *ErgoDesk
>>>> *Sent: *Sunday, July 15, 2018 5:27 PM
>>>> *To: *Green Building
>>>> *Reply To: *Green Building
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Was a RADON Shield installed under the Slab?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [image: Styrohome]
>>>>
>>>> *George Hawirko*
>>>> Product Designer | Styrohome
>>>> ,
>>>>  Insulated Building
>>>> 
>>>> Envelopes
>>>> Phone: 604-477-7897
>>>> Site: about.me/StyroHome <http://about.me/styrohome>
>>>> Email: ergodesk at gmail.com
>>>> Skype: ergodesk
>>>> Address: #971 12151 224 St.
>>>>                  Maple Ridge, BC   V2X 7N5
>>>>                  CANADA
>>>> [image: linkedin] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/styrohome/>
>>>> [image: twitter] <https://twitter.com/styrohome>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 3:05 PM Beatrice Dohrn via Greenbuilding <
>>>> greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Beatrice Dohrn <beatricedohrn at yahoo.com>
>>>>> To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>>>>> Cc:
>>>>> Bcc:
>>>>> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:03:49 -0700
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation
>>>>> FYI:  I am also in the PNW, I built my house from Faswall (like
>>>>> Durisol, but local). It has a basement, ground floor and bedroom 1 flight
>>>>> up. THe walls are, I think, R28. THe roof is a sandwich with 9” of Polyiso
>>>>> in it.  So mass and decent insulation given the mild temps here. THe
>>>>> basement — which is 2/3 in ground and 1/2 exposed to the East — never gets
>>>>> above 65 or below 58. The ground floor is easy to keep cool in heat waves
>>>>> by managing day and night window positions. The upstairs disappoints me in
>>>>> geting too warm and I find it difficult to get air moving without some
>>>>> mechanical ventilation..... I thought I had designed something that would
>>>>> work better....
>>>>>
>>>>> Best, BEatrice.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 15, 2018, at 12:10 AM, Paul Hadfield <
>>>>> paul.hadfield at firelight.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Reuben says: "Thermal mass (such as a brick or stone wall) would I think do a much better job producing comfortably cool summer evenings, but would not accomplish much in the winter"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As Mike says, doesn't thermal mass provide a flywheel of heat through cold periods, as building 2226 <https://www.detail-online.com/article/house-without-heating-office-building-in-austria-16667/> (non-domestic, admittedly) shows?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul Hadfield.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 at 19:00, <
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>>>>>>    1. Year-round thermal comfort & insulation (Reuben Deumling)
>>>>>>    2. Re: Year-round thermal comfort & insulation (Mike O'Brien)
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: Greenbuilding <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>>>>>> Cc:
>>>>>> Bcc:
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:43:24 -0700
>>>>>> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation
>>>>>> I like insulation: the more the better as far as I'm concerned. For
>>>>>> keeping the cold out (speaking colloquially) I've found that careful
>>>>>> attention to air sealing and insulation pays huge dividends. But for
>>>>>> keeping the summer heat out, I'm finding that the same insulation does a
>>>>>> far less admirable job. Stretches of direct sun not only manage to heat up
>>>>>> the room/house, it feels like the insulation then does a good job of
>>>>>> holding that just-gained heat in. While cool nights with the windows open
>>>>>> typically solves the problem in our relatively mild PNW climate I'm still
>>>>>> perplexed why the seasonal symmetry I (naively) expected is not evident.
>>>>>> The walls in question have two parallel but isolated sets of studs
>>>>>> and as much dense packed cellulose as I my Forec 2 insulation blower can
>>>>>> force into the nooks and crannies. Thermal mass (such as a brick or stone
>>>>>> wall) would I think do a much better job producing comfortably cool summer
>>>>>> evenings, but would not accomplish much in the winter. Are there hybrid
>>>>>> wall assemblies I'm not aware for? What am I missing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Planned remedies: learn to make exterior shutters, plant more trees.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien at hevanet.com>
>>>>>> To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>>>>>> Cc:
>>>>>> Bcc:
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 08:40:38 -0700
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation
>>>>>> Hi, Reuben—
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In our house we used lots of insulation, and also thermal mass. The
>>>>>> house is built on a slab, the southern end has a clay finish floor, it has
>>>>>> Durasol walls on the south side, and there is a cob wall in the interior.
>>>>>> We also installed an ecoroof on the south facing side, which helps reduce
>>>>>> thermal gains on that area. I believe the thermal mass helps dampen the
>>>>>> temperature swings, especially noticable in extreme weather. The
>>>>>> west-facing windows are shaded by a big cedar tree and a (sprawling)
>>>>>> wisteria, and the west-facing roof has solar water panels on it. With your
>>>>>> same night-flushing strategy, our house remains comfortable, even when the
>>>>>> outdoors is in the 90s.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>> (503) 819-8991
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2018, at 7:43 AM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like insulation: the more the better as far as I'm concerned. For
>>>>>> keeping the cold out (speaking colloquially) I've found that careful
>>>>>> attention to air sealing and insulation pays huge dividends. But for
>>>>>> keeping the summer heat out, I'm finding that the same insulation does a
>>>>>> far less admirable job. Stretches of direct sun not only manage to heat up
>>>>>> the room/house, it feels like the insulation then does a good job of
>>>>>> holding that just-gained heat in. While cool nights with the windows open
>>>>>> typically solves the problem in our relatively mild PNW climate I'm still
>>>>>> perplexed why the seasonal symmetry I (naively) expected is not evident.
>>>>>> The walls in question have two parallel but isolated sets of studs
>>>>>> and as much dense packed cellulose as I my Forec 2 insulation blower can
>>>>>> force into the nooks and crannies. Thermal mass (such as a brick or stone
>>>>>> wall) would I think do a much better job producing comfortably cool summer
>>>>>> evenings, but would not accomplish much in the winter. Are there hybrid
>>>>>> wall assemblies I'm not aware for? What am I missing?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Planned remedies: learn to make exterior shutters, plant more trees.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
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>>>>> Cc: Beatrice Dohrn <beatricedohrn at yahoo.com>
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>>>>> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:03:49 -0700
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Year-round thermal comfort & insulation
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