Hot take · 1:14:38
// THE QUOTE
“if the roof doesn't leak water it's fine”
— Janet Tobin · EfficiencyOne
Sharp industry truth: owners ignore roof performance until it leaks while paying 50% more in energy. Complete, pointed, memorable.
Full episode at 1:14:38Building Envelope Commissioning, Passive House vs Net Zero, Mass Timber & More — Live from BuildGreen Atlantic 2023 (11 Experts) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Building owners are routinely overpaying on energy because flat-roof insulation degrades over time and there was no non-destructive way to measure actual in-situ R-value — now there is.
“if the roof doesn't leak water it's fine — that's the Milestone part of the building”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Dale Hume — Thermtest: Non-Destructive Flat-Roof R-Value Testing
1:10:23
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 1:14:38 of Building Envelope Commissioning, Passive House vs Net Zero, Mass Timber & More — Live from BuildGreen Atlantic 2023 (11 Experts)