Energy Efficiency
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Pretty Good House Benchmarks and Assemblies
Meet high-performance energy efficiency goals by following the PGH approach to designing and building
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Strategies for Cooling Your House
Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home actually save energy?
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Rethinking Window Size
Windows are carbon-intensive and a source of air leakage, so let's make them smaller
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Energy-Saving Advice From the 1970s
Some of these old energy tips pass the test of time, while others are best forgotten
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What Does AI Know About Green Building?
We asked two artifical intelligence programs to answer some common high-performance building questions. Here's how they did . . .
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The Value and Limits of Manual J
These basic energy models can teach us more about our plans than what heating and cooling loads to expect
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The International Code Council Advocates for a Uniform Ecosystem of Codes
With widespread adoption, building codes can support energy efficiency, increase resilience, boost the economy, and tackle climate change
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Measuring the Efficiency of a Room Dehumidifier
Several ago, I wrote about the confusing world of dehumidifier capacity. That quantity tells you how much water a dehumidifier will produce in a given amount of time. Here in…
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Updated Climate Zone Map Reflects Warming Trend
National map adopted this year in residential code reclassifies hundreds of counties
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Rental Efficiency Standards Are a Win for Equity and Climate
A lack of energy efficiency in rental housing is both an equity and environmental crisis