Home Energy magazine Volume 10, No. 2 March/April 1993

Departments Editorial Dear Bill Clinton Letters Field Notes Conservation Clips Trends So Many Sockets, So Little Time False Advertizing Ceases, Bum Deal Continues Super-Efficient Refrigerator Finalists More Efficient Refrigerators in Thailand From the Southwest, Unconventional Insulations Do you have questions or comments? Email Home Energy magazine at contact@homeenergy.org

Feature Articles Making Low Income Housing Affordable: The Northgate Retrofits by Chip Patullo The first non-profit buyout and rehabilitation of a HUD housing complex demonstrates that energy efficiency can keep housing costs affordable and that fuel switching can be an effective demand-side management strategy. Building Tightness Guidelines: When Is a House Too Tight? by George Tsongas When it comes to weatherization, what's good in Arkansas may be bad in Maine. New guidelines will help blower door users tailor air tightness levels to the house and its setting - preserving air quality and energy savings. Keeping a Running Score on Weatherization by William W. Hill An evaluation build around simple run-time metering of furnaces can tell a program manager if weatherization work is headed in the right direction. 'Read Me Your Thermostat': Short-Term Evaluation Tools by Laurence F. Kinney Installing and using run-time meters the right way, in concert with well-planned weekly calls to meter reading clients, can provide effective evaluation of weatherization work.