http://ecobrooklyn.com/passive-house-brooklyn/ Tel: 347 244 3016 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:27:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://ecobrooklyn.com/passive-house-brooklyn/comment-page-1/#comment-67223 sam Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:40:34 +0000 http://ecobrooklyn.com/?p=2102#comment-67223 hi, I can ease your concern about loosing too much space due to super insulation. in our Brooklyn Passive House retrofit we found out that 3" of closed cell spray foam insulation is plenty to make PH standard. That's mainly because the compact volume of town houses and the shared wall with it's neighbors. But you have to insulate about the first 3 feet of the party wall in the front and the rear of the house because of thermal bridging... hi,
I can ease your concern about loosing too much space due to super insulation. in our Brooklyn Passive House retrofit we found out that 3″ of closed cell spray foam insulation is plenty to make PH standard.
That’s mainly because the compact volume of town houses and the shared wall with it’s neighbors. But you have to insulate about the first 3 feet of the party wall in the front and the rear of the house because of thermal bridging…

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