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42 APPLE VALLEY SCOOP MAY 2012 • Listen to Scoop Radio on www.applevalleyscoop.com Thermal Bridging and Thermal Breaks Caleb Howden Denim Homes Inc. WINNER Official Winner of the Canadian Home Builder’s National SAM Building Award for Green Home 2011 Come check out our new Showroom 5494 Prospect Road, Unit B, Kentville • Home Plans • Energy Efficient Building Information • Custom Home Design Did you know that there is 8% more heat lost thorough the walls of your home than your windows and 39% more heat lost through your ceiling than your walls. Heat loss through walls is the greatest factor of energy loss in residential buildings To ensure that you are not creating unnecessary heat loss in the home, you must ensure that your building envelope does not have any (or very little) thermal bridging. A thermal bridge is created when a material that is a poor insulator, such as a wall stud, allows heat to flow through and creates a “bridge”. Insulation around a bridge does little to prevent heat loss due to thermal bridging; the thermal bridging itself must be eliminated. This is done by creating a thermal break by using an insulation material or building system to prevent both the wall studs and the concrete floors from being thermal bridges. for example; A thermal break can be a layer of insulation surrounding the concrete slab perimeter, both on the sides and underneath. The conventional 2x6” wall has a full 2x6” stud from the interior to the exterior. A 2x6 wall stud has a R-6 insulation value (poor) and the insulation between them has a R-20 value (better). Heat travels through the stud to the exterior of the home, creating high heat loss from the thermal bridge. There are many methods to building exterior walls that can eliminate or reduce this thermal bridging effect. I believe the most effective, both for cost and energy efficiency, is a double staggered studded wall as mentioned in our February edition of the Apple Valley Scoop. The 2x4” staggered studs sit on a 2x8” bottom plate, spaced 16” apart on center. This wall type can be insulated many different ways, one of the best ways is, Wet blown cellulose insulation blown into the wall cavity completely filling and forming to the space. The staggered studs and insulation together act as a thermal break and eliminates thermal bridging heat loss. Stay tuned for next month, when we outline the importance of “air tightness”. This is the “Proper Building Envelope” series. Caleb denimhomes.com 681-3776 (VALLEY)
APPLE VALLEY SCOOP MAY 2012 • Listen to Scoop Radio on www.applevalleyscoop.com 43 GARAGE SALE FOR SHELTER Stacy deVries Royal LePage Atlantic WHEN RESULTS MATTER Local REALTORS® Provide a Great Deal for A Great Cause! On Saturday, May 12th 2012, the REAL- TORS® of Royal LePage Atlantic in New Minas will join Royal LePage offices across Canada to host the 4th Annual National Garage Sale for Shelter, in support of the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation. This event brings local residents together with Royal LePage Realtors® to raise muchneeded funds and awareness to help break the cycle of violence in their communities. One hundred percent of all revenue generated will go to support Chrysalis House and provide shelter and services to local women and children living with domestic violence. “Last year we raised $3500 with the support of clients, local businesses and the generous sponsorship of TD Canada Trust, Atlas Van Lines Canada and Advance Commission Company of Canada. This year we’d like to beat that!” said Stacy deVries, Assistant Manager at the New Minas location. “We’ve had a tremendous response from the community, who have donated some great items and we will also have a barbeque on site.” The office has been busy planning and gathering donations. The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation is Canada’s largest public foundation dedicated exclusively to supporting shelters and ending violence against women and children. More than $12 million has been raised across Canada to date, helping over 150 shelters and 30,000 women and children each year, through agent commission contributions and fundraising activities. For more information on the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, visit www.royallepage.ca/shelter To contact Chrysalis House in the Annapolis Valley region (24 hours a day), call 1-800-264- 8682. To make a donation, get more information about this event or Real Estate in general, please contact a REALTOR® at Royal LePage Atlantic, 681-4663 (HOME) or email Stacy at stacyd@royallepage.ca WHEN RESULTS MATTER! JOIN US! Royal LePage Atlantic, 8999 Commercial Street, New Minas To make a donation or for more Information call 681-4663 (HOME) Voted Best Real Estate Office 2012 Saturday, May 12th 8 am GREAT DEALS FOR A GREAT CAUSE! Thanks to Our Sponsors: TD Canada Trust, Atlas Van Lines Canada and Advance Commission Company of Canada 100% of all funds raised will go directly to Chrysalis House! ...we build dreams ✔ Consultation ✔ Design ✔ Coordinate ✔ Build Golf Rule: Don’t buy a putter until you’ve had a chance to throw it. Residential and Commercial Construction & Renovation Project Planning • Custom Design • Project Management 681-3970 | MorseConstruction.com
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