Moisture
Buffering Effect of Wood Products
This document shows how different wood products can keep the internal
climate healthy.
Ext
Ins with EPS slips
This document from Finland shows how the wall is allowed breathe when
using External Polysterene insulation by putting on 10mm strips of EPS
onto the wall to allow air movement between the insulation and the wall.
Journal
of building physics convection in atticspaces
Lightweight insulation in your attic is not as good as heavy insulation,
a scientific study.
Lecompte
paper_partial fill cavity walling
This Scientific study by LaCompte shows that due to Thermal Looping
in a cavity wall, the effect of 70mm of Kingspan is reduced to the insulation
level of 35mm of Kingspan. Check the U-value changes on the table at
the end of page 2.
Wind
Chill
This study shows the effect of wind on the U-value of the insulation
in a roof in Austria. The Austrians at least make an attempt to make
their roofs wind tight but we leave them completly open here. I presented
this document to the Part L review comitee which I am part of and they
decided to continue allowing wind to blow through the insulation in
our roofs. Maybe they think we don't get any wind in Ireland!
Scientific
study of Cavity Walls
This study shows there is limited risk to full fill cavity walling and
examines Thermal Looping. Filling the cavity with foam is dangerous
though.
Passive
house information
Useful link for Passive House builders
PassivHaus certification for the Viking House foundation systems.
British Standard for EPS Polysterene.
Passive House payback calculator
Embodied
Energy of materials
ICE Database
Kristinsson
Psssive House Bregenz Slides
World's first Passive Houses were built in Holland in 1979 twelve years
before the first German Passive Houses.