Custom Design Homes and Blower door Testing Services

No group of designers offer more professional knowledge of building design than Building Science Group. BSG offers honest and unbiased services to help you make your largest investments beautiful, safe, & comfortable.

Maximize your economic returns.

CUSTOM DESIGNS & CONSULTING SERVICE

Building Science Group, LLC is a network of Designers, Architects, Interior Designers, and Engineers. We have over 30 years experience working hand in hand with clients to help them Design / Build beautiful buildings. Our drawing service is a muti-step process beginning with Schematic design and ending with professional Construction Documents ready for signing and sealing. Your drawings will be all that is required for contractor bidding and building department permitting while keeping energy efficiency top of mind.

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GENERAL CONTRACTING AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION

BLOWER DOOR TESTING

New and existing buildings require and benefit from blower door testing for code compliance in NYS.

COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY AUDITS

Home energy audits are a complete investigation of the building including air quality, wall materials, insulation, air tightness, etc

BTU HEATING/COOLING CALCULATIONS

Helping all our clients size new heating/cooling equipment via BTU calcs. What separates BSG is our whole-building approach for accuracy

GAS & PROPANE LEAK & CO TESTING

Gas lines can leak at any time with expansion/contraction. Leaks can be dangerous and become expensive over time

Finding contractors is difficult. Knowing who to trust can be confusing. Building Science Group, LLC is a company that has a long track record of working with clients and builders to accomplish projects on time and on budget. With BSG, their is no dog and pony show typical of dealing with other contractors. If you need a professional to handle your build project, you should set up a consultation with us to begin the process and achieve your construction goals quickly.

We also offer Construction Administration / Project Management if you already have a builder, but would like to have experienced professional representation to make sure the work is being performed properly.

THERMAL IMAGING

Thermal camera imaging provides heat loss details for specific areas our eyes can not see and our touch can not feel

ELECTRIC CARS

BSG has a years of experience in helping both residential & commercial clients retrofit or design electric car infrastructure easy and affordably.

A NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS - ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME DESIGNS

SOLID SCIENTIFIC DATA

Building science group does not make promisses we can’t keep, and we don’t speak on a topic without having a deep knowledge of it. We use real scientific data for all designs and analysis. Real computable math and data is the language we speak, because everything else is amateur. We have solved many building performance issues for our clients (i.e - leaking skylights, mold and mildew, water infiltration, condensation, etc) We are a group of professionals who can help avoid costly mistakes by using our years of experience and high-tech data collection equipment to understand what makes a good building, and what does not.

BLOWER DOOR TESTING / AIR TIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS

Building a new building or remodeling an old one in NYS requires a blower door test that meets NYS 2020 Energy Code. Building Science Group, LLC has the knowledge, equipment, and certification to either pressurize or depressurize your building to 50 pascals of pressure to find several measurements:

HOW MANY CUBIC FEET PER MINUTE (cfm) OF AIR YOUR BUILDING IS LOSING TO THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT.

HOW MANY AIR EXCHANGES PER HOUR (ach/hr).

(The total volume of building being lost to the outside that must be heated or cooled per hour. Less air exchanges per hour means less money spent. More air exchanges per hour means more money wasted heating or cooling the outside environment).

EXACTLY WHERE BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LOCATIONS OF AIR INFILTRATION ARE FOUND

The blower door in conjunction with smoke pens, and/or thermal imaging cameras can help find the main areas of air infiltration and help develop an action plan or priority.

Our findings report highlights how your building measures up to the current 2020 NYS Energy Code for existing structures. Our report offers specific / prioritized solutions for remedies to start saving.

THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA

We use top of the line thermal imaging to make visible the hidden temperature inefficiencies of your building.

GOOD AT FINDING SURFACE TEMPERATURE INEFFICIENCIES

The camera can pick up areas of inefficiency that we would not otherwise be able to feel or sense. This is best used in conjunction with the blower door test.

LEVEL OF TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL

Temperature differentials are normal in a homes different door, windows, walls, floors, and ceilings. Knowing how much differential is vital to finding out how much energy is being lost through the thermodynamic of conduction.