{"id":2132,"date":"2016-04-05T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T03:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2016-04-05T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T03:46:20","slug":"super-insulate-the-building-envelope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2016\/04\/05\/super-insulate-the-building-envelope\/","title":{"rendered":"Super-Insulate the Building Envelope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4. Super-Insulate the Building Envelope<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use advanced framing techniques to save wood and allow space for insulation.<\/li>\n<li>Use double 2\u00d74&#8243; walls, with off-set studs on 24&#8243; centers, spaced 5&#8243; apart, to form a foot thick wall cavity in northern climates. In more moderate climates, double walls with an 8&#8243; or 9&#8243; cavity may suffice, depending on the R-value that needs to be met. View the Double Wall Construction and Blown \u2013in Insulation video.<\/li>\n<li>Use raised-heel trusses to provide ample space for ceiling insulation. View the Raised-Heel Truss video.<\/li>\n<li>In colder, northern climates, fill walls and floor with dense-pack fiberglass or cellulose to get to R-50, and blow in loose-pack ceiling insulation to R-60. Lower R-values may suffice in warmer climates.<\/li>\n<li>Always ask for bids for R-value rather than thickness of insulation.<\/li>\n<li>Utilize energy modeling to adjust the above R-values higher or lower for local climate and weather conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twelve Steps to Affordable Zero Energy Home Construction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4. Super-Insulate the Building Envelope Use advanced framing techniques to save wood and allow space for insulation. Use double 2\u00d74&#8243; walls, with off-set studs on 24&#8243; centers, spaced 5&#8243; apart, to form a foot thick wall cavity in northern climates. In more moderate climates, double walls with an 8&#8243; or 9&#8243; cavity may suffice, depending &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2016\/04\/05\/super-insulate-the-building-envelope\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Super-Insulate the Building Envelope&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18926,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}