Randy Williams

Randy Williams started his career in 1996 as an apprentice electrician, becoming a licensed journeyman in 2000. After building a home for a family member in 1999, he eventually changing to full time builder in the mid 2000s. In 2009, Randy took energy auditor training and began contracting for a local rural electricity provider conducting energy audits and assessments. Today he continues with energy auditing and assessments along with code compliant blower door testing and residential building diagnostics. He also works with homeowners and builders as an energy design consultant.  He has started a local building science group, BS + Beer in his community and writes a blog, www.northernbuilt.pro. You can follow Randy on Instagram @northernbuiltpro.

Recent Articles

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  Building Science

  Radon Mitigation

  There are passive and active systems for keeping radon gas from poisoning indoor air—here’s what to know to get them right

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  Building Science

  Using Smoke to Find Air Leaks

  Smoke pens, smoke puffers, and theatrical foggers can help locate air leakage in a building envelope

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  Best Practices

  How to Calculate Energy Costs

  Methods and formulas for determining how much energy appliances use

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  Building Science

  A Code-Minimum Case Study

  Following current code requirements and making small but important upgrades improves performance

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  Building Science

  An Energy Auditor’s Toolkit

  Testing and commissioning houses requires a number of gadgets—many of which can be used across trades

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  Building Matters

  Q&A With Gary Nelson

  The Energy Conservatory founder and Minnesota Blower Door designer answers an energy rater's questions from the field

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  Building Science

  Two Methods for Testing a Bath Fan for Air Flow

  How much air is your exhaust fan actually moving?

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  Building Science

  Performing an Energy Assessment: A Case Study

  This often-free service is invaluable when it comes to rooting out sources of extraneous energy usage

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  Building Science

  Using a Blower-Door Test and Interpreting the Results

  An introduction to the technology and calculations for measuring a home’s energy performance

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  Building Science

  5 Reasons to Own a Blower Door

  A means for diversifying your skill set, toolbox, and income stream