[A version of this post was published at GreenBuildingAdvisor.com on 7Jan14]
I don’t know whether there are any building geeks reading this blog, but if so, here’s a post for them. I am including more photos of insulation details than a normal person would find interesting.
A few weeks ago while biking back from a visit to Rani’s high school, I stopped at a job site that had previously caught my eye. Although the buildings were shrouded in the usual scaffolding and screening, I could tell that the work involved “energetische sanierung,” or energy retrofitting.
Two workers were installing rigid foam around newly-installed windows. I asked if I could take some photos, explaining that I was a project manager from the US, and interested in energy efficiency. As often happens in this situation, their initial reticence gave way to a quick tour of the work and informative answers to my questions.
While the materials and techniques used on this project are run-of-the-mill for Germany, and may be of limited applicability to projects in New England, I like to think that sharing them might contribute to innovative thinking in someone, somewhere. The rest of this post contains photos and notes about the insulating skin being installed on the building.