I down into subsystemic hierarchies
fascinating, don’t you? Actually, I
don’t have a clue how anyone goes
about that sort of thing, but author Joe
Lstiburek, P.E., has taken contemporary
building science and examined it every
which way but loose, with results well
worth keeping on hand. Lstiburek has
created a four-book companion-series,
respectively titled Builder’s Guide for
Hot-Humid Climates, Builder’s Guide for
Mixed-Humid Climates, Builder’s Guide
for Cold Climates, and Builder’s Guide for
Hot-Dry & Mixed-Dry Climates (Building
Science Corporation, 70 Main St.,
Westford, MA 01886; 978/589-5100;
www.buildingscience.com; $40 each).
The Guides illustrate contemporary
building systems logic and how-to that
I haven’t seen articulated to this extent
anywhere else.
we’re told that “Buildings should be
suited to their environment. It is