airtight construction

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• Airtight Drywall Approach — (ADA)   A building construction technique used to create a continuous air retarder that uses the drywall, gaskets, and caulking. Gaskets are used rather than caulking to seal the drywall at the top and bottom. Although it is an effective energy… …   Energy terms

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• Super Insulated Houses —   A type of house that has massive amounts of insulation, airtight construction, and controlled ventilation without sacrificing comfort, health, or aesthetics …   Energy terms

• Hermetic seal — Airtight redirects here. For the G.I. Joe character, see Airtight (G.I. Joe). For other uses of hermetic , see hermetic (disambiguation). A hermetic seal is the quality of being airtight. In common usage, the term often implies being impervious… …   Wikipedia

• Dynamic insulation — is a form of insulation where cool outside air flowing through the thermal insulation in the envelope of a building will pick up heat from the insulation fibres. Buildings can be designed to exploit this to reduce the transmission heat loss (U… …   Wikipedia

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