ZULUETA ARCHITECTURE

Check out my short video on the 3D Rendering Job for a Commercial Building. ______________________________________________________________________ www.zuluetaarchitecture.com

The Building Exterior Rendering shown above used cement board siding and  aluminum panels . to upgrade the building front.  The exterior steel canopy at the top floor is new. The garage door and the man door on the ground floor is shown with a new color to match the aluminum panel.   The colors used were shades of red, grey, silver and white. All fun and modern colors. Shown below is the original look of building. This building is located in downtown Calgary, and was built in the early 80s. The intention here is to modernize the look and to increase clientele for the building as well.   At the end of it, I can truly we had fun and the client was pleased with the work. We would like to thank Arch. Michael Turalde for the job well done! ************************************************************************ www.zuluetaarchitecture.com Arch. Joann Zulueta is a registered architect in Canada and in the Philippines.

Super insulated exterior wall in your house can definitely save energy.  The latest in the National Energy Code has minimum requirements for exterior wall insulation. It depends on the location and heating degree days.  For houses without a HRV heat recovery ventilator, Alberta has minimum requirements of 3.8RSI or R18. This is usually built as with an exterior sheathing, a  2"x 6" stud wall filled with fiberglass batt insulation, and an interior sheathing. With thermal bridging, wherein the walls lose heat through the studs, the value of your insulation is technically lower. Seen below is a thermal picture of a basement wall.  The stud's temperature is at 14 degrees Celsius, and the actual wall is 16 degrees.  2 degrees Celsius is lost and I took this picture on a spring day, about 11 degrees outside. If you are doing any exterior renovation, you should consider doing an  R40 wall. The R40 wall translates to 10-12 inch wall- a double stud wall, or a stru