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Home Performance in the Remodeling Industry
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The value of home remodeling in 2003 was $233 billion— 40% of all residential construction spending and 2% of the U.S. economy. ... [continue reading]
Adding Home Performance Contracting to an Existing HVAC Business
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I’ve been in the HVAC contracting business since the 1960s, and every decade has been a learning experience.Those decades of learning led me to whole-house performance ... [continue reading]
Home Performance for the Large Contractor
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For most of our 39 years, our company,Tempo Mechanical, has been primarily an HVAC contractor specializing in single-family homes.We are a relatively large new-construction contractor; we will install ... [continue reading]
My Path to Home Performance Contracting
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Home performance contracting is a new, exciting, and growing industry. By aligning our company, EnTherm, Incorporated, with this industry, as we did in 2001, we have been able to grow ... [continue reading]
Practical Lessons from a Home Performance Contractors Association
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Practical business issues can be some of the greatest challenges for contractors who are moving into the home performance business.All too often, those business problems can keep an ... [continue reading]
So You Want to Be a Home Performance Contractor?
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So you want to be a home performance contractor? Well, listen now to what I say: Just get a blower door and take some time and learn how to test. (with apologies to the Byrds) [continue reading]
Doug Garrett
Code Conflict Between 2012 IRC and 2012 IECC
It has come to my attention that there may be a building science-based conflict in the language of the 2012 International ...
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Home Performance and HVAC Contractors: Recent Legislative Initiative In Texas
As energy auditors and raters went about their business of testing homes, performing energy audits and HVAC system inspections, they ...
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