The Good Building Score

We review materials & assemblies by looking at 5 Factors:

Comfort & Health

7 / 10

Efficiency

4 / 10

Longevity

8 / 10

Social Equity

5 / 10

Carbon

3 / 10

We rate each factor out of 10.

Before you get to that information, we recommend looking at our stories and case studies where we examine real-world projects.

Stories

Our journey to building Arizona's healthiest homes

Just Keep Creating

Creativity and overcoming resistance through grit are keys in our process of creating healthy homes.

Applied Science

Exploring different building assemblies and materials!

Holian’s Healthy Home Remodel

We dive into a few core details that made this remodel special.

Basics at their best

Desert Botanical Garden Exhibition

The DBG exhibit gallery was built with absolute best practices.

A heroic performer!

Assemblies Materials

Blown-In Woodfiber Insulation

Perfect balance of R-value and thermal mass and net carbon storage

Vapor Variable Membrane

The best protection against rot and mold. Completely non-toxic, vapor variable, and record setting airtightness.

Knauf Eco Batts

If you need to use fiberglass, make it unfaced Knauf Eco Batts.

Havelock Wool

A highly insulating natural material that buffers moisture and permanently traps toxins.

Pro Clima Tescon Vana

The best overall airtightness tape: non-toxic, easy to use, vapor permeable and 100+ years of adhesion

Kraft faced fiberglass batts

A good idea gone wrong.

Pro Clima Visconn

liquid applied vapor variability

Pro Clima Contega Solido-IQ

the “magic tape” for windows

Closed Cell Spray Foam

“Everybody knows foam blows”

Woodfiber Board Insulation

High density woodfiber insulation pressed into rigid board.

Mid-Permeability Exterior Membrane

Sometimes less is more.

Cellulose

OG natural high performance

Non-Breathable Exterior Membrane

rarely do we advocate not breathing

Zip System

Unhealthy sheathing prone to moisture failure

Zip-R Sheathing

Took a mediocre product and added bad insulation…