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Some builders are concerned with building homes too airtight. Some reasons they give are: Humans breathe. Your building also needs ...

There are wall wraps, and then there are wall wraps. Different users have different requirements and expectations for what they ...

Fireplaces are completely incompatible with energy efficiency.  Wood Fired fireplaces can provide a really comforting radiant heat source but, in ...

Upside Down Retrofitting Energy Efficiency, driving down your heating and cooling energy costs systematically. You don’t have to turn your ...

There are several smart ways to keep your home comfortable all year round.  The two most common ways of becoming ...

The Pyramid For Building & Renovating Smarter Eco living is not a fad, in fact, it’s here to stay, and ...

How does the external heat get into your house? With Thermal bridging, solar gain or air leakage? The answer is...  ...

 Some Information on Ceramic Solar Thermal Reflective Paints and Having a Cool Roof. Here at Efficiency Matrix, we are ...

Wall and ceiling insulation, or just Ceiling insulation.  It's one of those things that you never see working for you, ...

Skylights are fantastic at bringing natural light into your home, but they penetrate a part of the building envelope which ...

Did you know that the answer to this question could have ramifications on how well you sleep at night? There ...

Relative Humidity is usually measured as a percentage of water vapour in the air. The amount of vapour contained in ...

 Everyone knows how important ventilation is, and most people understand how critical it is that we use ventilation when required ...

The mainstream thinking in Australia, has a misconception of the underlying reasons why mould occurs, inside the building envelope.  The ...

Bandage for a Thousand Cuts: Sealing Leaky Floors, Spray Foam Insulation Noting the advertised R-value performance of an insulation product ...

No one wants to share their home with bugs/pests – cockroaches, spiders, mice, whatever... Most of us would like to avoid ...

Before we answer the question of “Does roof ventilation work?” lets talk about insulation. Believe it or not, the ancient Egyptians ...

Learning about ducted heating systems helps you fix energy efficiency As a youngster you would have heard your mother shout, ...

Winter always seems to eventually swing around, much to the disappointment of some.  Its a time when we use more ...

How Heating Has and Will Change The evolution of heating the home in history has done a complete U-turn as most ...

Stopping Bathroom mould including black mould... Bathroom mould is a very common problem, and ventilation is not always the answer ...

Dirty Secrets – Gas in the home Gas is connected to a considerable amount of Australian homes, used for cooking, heating ...

With LED lighting becoming the mainstream in todays recessed lighting industry, and with the need to make the building envelope ...

When asking the question of  "Does evaporative cooling work?", It's important that the big picture is known. There is no ...

Residential ducts can represent a great opportunity for improving energy use, and air quality performance in the home.  Excessive air ...