“i always tell people you want to think about the envelope of your building as the skin of your body”

Name: i always tell people you want to think about the envelope of your building as the skin of your body
Description: The skin-vs-lungs analogy: envelope perspires but doesn't breathe; the ERV/HRV does the breathing. A clean, quotable mental model that stands alone.

— Casey Grey · The Conscious Builder Inc.

The skin-vs-lungs analogy: envelope perspires but doesn't breathe; the ERV/HRV does the breathing. A clean, quotable mental model that stands alone.

Full episode at 29:18 Passive House vs Net Zero: The Full Canadian Certification Ladder with Casey Grey (The Conscious Builder) ▸

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THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES

Treat the building envelope as skin (perspires but does not breathe) and the ERV/HRV as lungs; eliminating random penetrations then centralising ventilation is the correct air-tightness strategy.

“we want to allow our envelope our skin to perspire but not breathe”

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THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN

Mechanical systems — ERV vs HRV, range hoods, indoor air quality

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SOURCE: 29:18 of Passive House vs Net Zero: The Full Canadian Certification Ladder with Casey Grey (The Conscious Builder)