Technical Note – Salt Air, Surf Mist and Weathertightness
Why TEEE membranes hold up in coastal environments We often get questions about the use of our weather resistive barriers in coastal environments — does proximity to the sea affect the products, whether salt passes through the membrane and poses a corrosion risk to fixings…
Ben Walsham’s pro clima Scholarship Journey
Looking Beyond the Numbers: Ben’s Journey into Passive House As the founder of ARKATA, a residential energy efficiency consultancy, Ben Walsham works with architects, builders and homeowners to provide building knowledge and a deeper understanding of how homes perform. His work combines frameworks such as…
Jimmy Oldham’s pro clima Scholarship Journey
From Craftsmanship to Building Science: How the pro clima Scholarship Shaped Jimmy Oldham’s Journey For Jimmy Oldham, building has always been about craftsmanship and attention to detail. But discovering building science gave him a new perspective on what it means to build well. As the…
Technical Note – Treated Battens
Pro Clima, established in the 1980s within the German ecological building movement, provides building membrane solutions that maintain dry, healthy building fabrics without relying on chemical treatments, even for moisture-sensitive materials such as Radiata Pine. In Australia and New Zealand, timber is often chemically treated…
Striped for Strength: Adhesion Geometry in Modern Facades
Façades Under Pressure Australian façades experience some of the most adverse and diverse conditions in the world. What is perfect for the tropical north is a disaster for the alpine south. However, one thing remains consistent across all Australian façades – Pressure. As wind loading…
It’s All Just a Façade
My mother always told me that looks aren’t everything—it’s what’s inside that truly matters. When it comes to façade design, I believe the same principle applies: what’s inside counts most, and the exterior can always be decorated to suit any vision. The water control, air…
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 0: Flat Roofs
Download Article What’s a Ventilated Flat Roof? It is a low-pitched roof (≤10º) with an additional ventilated cavity space below the roof cladding. According to our European colleagues, it provides the opportunity to implement a diffusion open/permeable layer on the outer side of…
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 3: Fighting the Sun
Summer brings another set of challenges, but ASV is ready to take on the fierce forces of the Sun!
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 2: The Blue Planet
Download Article Earth is just a pale blue dot in the context of our solar system. It’s a pretty wet world, 70% is covered in water. Our planet’s blue colour is the result of all this water reflecting blue wavelengths of light from…
Thermoplastic Elastomer Ether Esters: What are they, how do they work?
Download full article Exterior membranes for roofs and walls by pro clima incorporate a monolithic Thermoplastic Elastomer Ether Ester (TEEE) film. The TEEE forms a state-of-the-art Weather Resistive Barrier (WRB) and when combined with TESCON EXTORA® forms the SOLITEX® system. The membrane, unlike conventional…