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How much of my flat heating is going to heat my neighbours flats?
I live in a block of flats with neighbours on 5 sides and only one side open to the outside.
I understand that conduction is likely to be the main way I lose or gain heat to or from the neighbours on ...
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How do the criteria for 'best' building insulation change depending on context?
Following on from the question Sheep wool as insulation? , where I started my answer with:
Is it one of the best natural insulators? Well, that would depend on your definition of best.
and the OP ...
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Retrofitting insulation in a 4-storey home. Top down or bottom up?
I'm faced with the prospect of wanting to improve the insulation of a 4-storey Victorian (c1890) house in the UK that has solid stone walls and a top floor that is within the non-insulated roof space. ...
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MVHR no longer the ventilation of choice in some Nordic countries?
We've covered Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) before here, and it's been the ventilation method of choice for Passivhaus buildings for many years.
But I heard something interesting ...
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