The SERS Report – External Wall Insulation, Current Practice Review and Guidance for Improvement
This review and report undertaken on behalf of SERS Energy Solutions Ltd to understand the current standard of workmanship and … Read More
Keeping Risks at Bay – Improving a Test Method to Reliably Quantify the Capability of Capillary Active Interior insulation
Conventional laboratory tests for the determination of liquid transport are not fully appropriate for interior insulation purposes, as they tend … Read More
Guide to Insulating Sheathing
Residential housing design continues to move towards the development of high performance sustainable building systems. To be sustainable, a building … Read More
Internal Wall Insulation Trials in Traditional Buildings
The Trials programme
A Review of Wind-Driven Rain Research in Building Science
Wind-driven rain or driving rain is rain that is given a horizontal velocity component by the wind. Wind- driven rain … Read More
Expert Meeting Report: Interior Insulation Retrofit of Mass Masonry Wall Assemblies
The Building Science Corporation team held an Expert Meeting on Interior Insulation Retrofit of Mass Masonry Wall Assemblies on July … Read More
Typical Life Expectancy of Building Components
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Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings – Early Cavity Walls
This guidance note provides advice on the principles, risks, materials and methods for improving the thermal performance of buildings built … Read More
Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings – Application of part L of the Building Regulations to historic and traditionally constructed buildings
The guidance has been produced to help prevent conflicts between energy efficiency requirements in Part L of the Building Regulations … Read More
Appendix C: Moisture, Mold and Mildew
Molds and mildew are fungi that grow on the surfaces of objects, within pores, and in deteriorated materials. They can … Read More
Breaking the Mould 1
This article is the first of a series looking at upgrade options and issues associated with single‐leaf walls of existing … Read More
Study on Hard to Fill Cavity Walls in Domestic Dwellings in Great Britain
This study was undertaken jointly by Inbuilt with Davis Langdon in fulfilment of DECC project ref CESA EE0211, “Study on … Read More