Project Managers Get Passive House Certified

We sent two of our Project Managers, Asher and Joe, to Brooklyn for a week long hands-on training in the application of Passive House principles. They learned about air-barriers, r and u-values, wrb's, and more! At Buckminster Green we have been incorporating many of these techniques into our projects for years, so this experience served the guys well. They did a re-teaching today at our monthly production meeting, and we learned some new things that we will start applying to all projects right away, as well as next-level ideas that will need to wait for the right project. Above, Asher is showing us that spray foam use should be minimized since it can shrink, crack and because it off-gases more than other materials. Below are some photos of the modules they made and had tested as a part of their training.

The reason we make this extra effort as a part of all our projects is also below. See the testimonial from a client whose air conditioning died, but was kept comfortable by the air sealing and insulating we did when we renovated their first floor.