Green Building Advisor

2 weeks ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Abby Cote

Wind-driven rain can penetrate almost all types of siding, including vinyl siding, wood clapboards, cedar shingles, stucco, and brick veneer. To reduce the chance that exterior moisture will cause sheathing rot, every wall should have a water-resistive barrier—that is, a layer of asphalt felt, plastic housewrap, or a similar product—between the siding and the wall sheathing.

3 weeks ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Brian Pontolilo

You know those heat pumps that seem to be doing their best impression of a jet engine every time they kick on? Or the ones that aggressively blast you with cold air like they’re trying to prove something? Well, the Introverter Heat Pump is not one of those. No, this system is the HVAC equivalent of the guy at the party who spends the entire evening in the corner petting the host’s dog.

3 weeks ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | David K. Warfel |Brian Pontolilo

I have been a lighting geek for more years than I want to admit, but I started out more concerned with how the lighting looked than how many resources I consumed in the process. Early in my career I spent a decade teaching theatrical lighting design at a large state university and it was not unusual for me to design a show with 300,000 watts of lighting over the stage.

3 weeks ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Justin Wolf

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is coming after America’s green banks. Once you’ve had a moment to process the naked irony of this statement, let us review the facts and what has transpired of late. Green banks have long been considered a reliable institutional response to the climate crisis.

1 month ago | greenbuildingadvisor.com | Justin Wolf

The Edison is officially going up! The planned 31-story, hybrid mass timber building in Milwaukee, being developed by Neutral (formerly the Neutral Project), began construction earlier this month. Appropriately, the building site, which is situated in the city’s Deer District, on the eastern bank of the Milwaukee River, was once a lumberyard. When completed, the Edison will become the world’s tallest mass timber residential building.