Home Performance- Page 2 of 2
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Strength in Numbers
Keeping score can help you make your business profitable, design more energy-efficient homes, and better understand home performance
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The 7 Biggest Opportunities for HVAC Contractors
Forget about being the low bidder — it’s time to focus on combustion safety, ducting, ventilation, load calculations, home performance issues, and house-as-a-system thinking
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Calling all Weatherization Workers
The DOE wants to interview weatherization workers and home performance contractors to find out more about the ‘values, opportunities, and challenges’ of their work
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What’s Going On With Home Performance?
As incentives wind down, energy experts wonder whether the market for home performance contractors will wither away or thrive
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Blog Review: Energy Vanguard Blog
Building-science-based advice on residential energy efficiency and home performance from Allison Bailes
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ACI Round Two
Expanding on my last post about ACI, here are assorted observations and amusing anecdotes about events, products, and educational sessions that I attended. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend…
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Blower Door Basics
An essential tool for building energy-efficient homes, a blower door can also help you find leaks in old houses
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Tote Bags and Energy Efficiency (or Lack Thereof)
At a local Earth Hour party, the largest electric utility the area, Georgia Power, handed out "eco-friendly" tote bags made of vinyl recycled from its billboards. The company claims, "Each…
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Raising the Bar for Energy Star Homes
The EPA Releases Details on More Stringent Specifications
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Don’t Try This At Home: Armchair Building Science
Is the mold on the plywood in this attic the result of inadequate attic ventilation or air leakage?