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.
Topic: Building physics
Heat, moisture, air and fire: how a healthy house really behaves, with figures and sources.
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0.048: The Number That Decides Whether a House Breathes
The problem: high bills, houses that can't cool down Summer: a house that bakes, air conditioning running non-stop. Winter: heating bills that climb. One likely culprit is the…
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18 Hours of Thermal Lag: What It Means for Your Home
On a summer evening after a day of full sun, the air in your bedroom can feel as heavy as it did in the early afternoon. The wall…
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Hemp shiv particle size: how the grading of the fibres changes insulation
In hemp-lime, nothing is left to chance — not even the particle size of the hemp shiv (the woody flakes of the stalk). Recent scientific research shows that…
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A wall that breathes: summer comfort and natural humidity regulation
“A living environment that breathes, with people at its centre” is not a slogan: it is a measurable physical property of hemp-lime, documented by numerous peer-reviewed studies.The biocomposite…
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