A series that follows, step by step, the road to the first H0ME house built with HES technology in Tuscia: building physics, the construction system, the site itself. Every figure we quote has a source.
18 hours of thermal lag: the designer in the first H0ME house
A wall can have an excellent datasheet and the house can still be uncomfortable. It happens when a large picture window takes the afternoon sun without shading, or when the air is not exchanged properly. The HES datasheet declares 18 hours of…
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Thermal Bridges: Where a House Loses Heat, and What a Continuous Wall Changes
Put your hand on the wall behind a wardrobe and it runs colder than the rest of the room. Same at the corner where two walls meet, or…
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A 38 °C Day, a Cool Night's Sleep: Three Walls and the Delay of Heat
It's July, and it hits 38 degrees by afternoon. Evening comes and the air outside cools, but the bedroom can stay warm past midnight. Beyond insulation, what often…
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40-60% Humidity: Hygroscopy, Explained With a Glass of Cold Water
Windows fogged over at breakfast, dark rings in the corners. Behind both, the same setup: vapor in the air, a surface that's too cold, no air moving through.…
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Breathable Walls: What μ = 1 Tells You
Take a hot shower and the bathroom fogs up. Cooking adds moisture to the air at home. So does breathing. Some of that water vapor can pass through…
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Coming Home in September: An 18-Hour Thermal Lag and That Shut-Up-House Smell
You get back from vacation, turn the key, and there it is: that shut-up-house smell. It happens to nearly everyone, in any home. When it comes to heat,…
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Drywall and Mineral Wool: What You Breathe in the First 28 Days
Walk into a house that was just finished and you'll notice the "new house smell." Part of that smell is VOCs, or volatile organic compounds. They come off…
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Choosing a Hemp Shiv Supplier: Quality, Traceability and Distance
For the first H0ME house, we choose hemp shiv against written criteria, because an uneven batch makes the lime-hemp mix harder to prepare consistently. So we look at…
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What Does a Hemp-Lime Home Cost? The Finishes Decide Most of It
If you're planning a new home, you want it comfortable in every season, and you want to know what your quote will cover. Here it is, item by…
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The Spec Sheet for Our First House: 5 Lines That Really Matter
Some houses heat up by day and stay hot even at night. The HES system, which H0ME is bringing to Italy, delays heat by 18 hours with a…
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