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Smart Utility Bill Disaggregation
By Steve Mann
Energy auditors use a simple, well-known approach called a utility bill disaggregation to analyze a home's overall energy use. Here's a quick summary of that technique as detailed in Krigger and Dorsey's Residential Energy:

Blowing Smoke
By Paul Raymer
Long ago, when I started in this business, I wished for a pair of glasses that I could put on to see how the air was moving. (Now I wear glasses all the time just ...

Wasting Energy or Catching Fire
By Abe Kruger
Builders nationwide are installing more and more home fire sprinkler systems. Often the motivation for installation is the requirement in the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC) for automatic fire sprinkler systems in townhomes and one- and ...

Pimp My Blower Door Kit: Blower Door Makeover
By Greg Labbe
In these tough economic times, it's appropriate to invest time in repairing and maintaining things, to make manufactured goods last longer and to save money. Besides, it feels good to repair something yourself, and working ...

Deep Energy Retrofit X10
By Brennan Less, Jeremy Fisher and Iain Walker
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab offers a look into ten of California's cutting-edge deep energy retrofits.

First Things First: Insulating Wall Cavities
By Bob Pfeiffer
A large portion of my work as a project manager at Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC) is teaching weatherization workers the dynamics of energy movement in buildings, how to measure it, treat houses effectively, and, ...




Macie Melendez
Conversations from the Wx Frontlines: Terry Emelander
Another winner of the 2011 Weatherization Assistance Program National Recognition Award, presented at the National Weatherization Training Conference in New Orleans, ...


Macie Melendez
Conversations from the Wx Frontlines: Robert Parkhurst
At the most recent National Weatherization Training Conference that took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, six people were presented with ...


Macie Melendez
Home Performance and the Real Estate Market: A Perfect Match
If the home performance industry had an online dating profile, it would likely be looking for someone with a great ...


Trish Holder
My Home’s Recent LEED Silver Certification
I’m so conflicted right now. I’m like George Clooney in the movie Up in The ...



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