The Green Building Store will host the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics and Building Life Consultancy in providing training in WUFI at their facility near Leeds. WUFI is the world leading simulation software for understanding the risk of interstitial condensation, mould, rot and freeze-thaw in buildings – simply put its …
Little’s talk at Ecobuild 2012 on assessing risk of interstitial condensation and mould in internal wall insulation retrofits (AKA drylining) of solid walled houses went down a storm. We believe twitterers were tweeting in force afterwards! Only problem is that it appears he may never have mentioned the name of …
Joseph Little Architects are taking part at the ‘RIAI Architects Advice Centre’ on Friday 9th (from 3.30pm – 7pm) & Sunday 11th September (from 10am – 2pm) in Self Build Extend & Renovate in the City West Convention Centre! We look forward to seeing you there.
Joseph Little Architects are architects for a deep retrofit to a masonry semi-D in Monkstown (to EnerPHit standard) with 1 & 2 storey timber frame extension.
This post is a follow-up to the WUFI simulation practice problem posted earlier to share the results of our simulation. Simulation Set-Up The first stage of the simulation is to create the component build-up within WUFI. Based on the description and the detail shown, the WUFI build-up of the original …
Joseph Little and Calina Ferraro of Building Life Consultancy and Manfred Kehrer of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics and Oak Ridge National Laboratory USA, will deliver a two day workshop on WUFI® Pro hygrothermal simulation software in Dublin this September 15th & 16th. We are also holding the WUFI workshop in Glasgow on the 12th and …
Building is getting more risky. The reality is that when standards were lower, both the regulations and people’s expectations, many of the vapour and condensation problems that could accrue were taken away by air currents through gaps, cracks everywhere. Equally when the general levels of insulation were poor the impact …
Hats off to Jeff Colley and his team, again! For a small company with a passion for change and real sustainability they have created a great campaign. As if we needed yet another weakness (given banking meltdown etc) our dependence on imported energy will make everything even harder. However facing …
In all cases the quality of the work and the specification of the materials and design will greatly affect the cost. Remember compare apples with apples! ‘I’ll do ya a cheaper job Misses’ normally means ‘I’ll significantly drop specification then charge for extras once I’m on site’! Refitting a bathroom: allow €1000 …
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As buildings become more insulated and airtight than ever before, the risk of problems arising actually grows so better guidance and evaluation, and more care in design and construction, become vital. If longevity and health aren't a key focus of the new build or retrofit works something is wrong.
Building Life Consultancy's mission is to be a key provider of that guidance and evaluation to the construction industry. Our range of discrete services is designed to plug into architectural practices, building companies and manufacturers of construction systems, as well as serving private clients, local authorities and associations directly.
