Home Energy magazine Volume 12, No. 3 May/June 1995

Departments Editorial Hey Newt, Here Are Some Orphans With Potential Letters Conservation Clips Trends Coming Soon: "Interactive" Home Energy Management Defrosting Refrigerator Data Canada's R-2000 Standards Get Tougher, Others Copy Older Program Measures. SMUD Customers Pay a Premium to be PV Pioneers Alliance Says State Building Codes Don't Make the Grade Do you have questions or comments? Email Home Energy magazine at contact@homeenergy.org

Feature Articles Wisconsin's "Orphan" Solar Program by Jeff DeLaune, Chip Bircher, & Richard Lane One utility found that rehabilitating old solar water heaters amounted to a cost-effective energy conservation program. Bigger is Not Better-- Sizing Air Conditioners Properly by John Proctor, Zinoviy Katsnelson, & Brad Wilson It is generally accepted that "the right way" to specify an air conditioning system is to calculate the loads, select a piece of equipment that will provide comfort to the customer in a wide variety of conditions, and design the duct system accordingly. Unfortunately, this is rarely practiced. Making Energy Mortgages Work by Jay A. Luboff At a time when many energy efficiency projects face an uncertain future, home energy ratings and energy mortgages are receiving more attention than ever. Will enthusiasm in the industry and new programs from conventional lenders and the federal government finally open up the market? Measuring the Performace of the National Energy Audit by Terry Sharp A field test conducted in North Carolina demonstrates the significant performance improvements that the National Energy Audit (NEAT) offers compared with Project Retro-Tech, and shows that state-of-the-art weatherization methods have come a long way. Annals of Energy Auditing: Suicide in Sendai by Alan Meier In this episode of "Annals," Alan Meier meets Dr. Hiroshi Yoshino of Sendai, Japan.