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California Residential Retrofits: Ten Important Lessons Learned
The potential for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions through retrofitting existing homes offers major incentives for future work.
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A Deeper Look into My Deep Energy Retrofit
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My wife and I live in a Title 24 house built in 2004 in Stockton, California. It is a 1,883 ft2 ranch, slab-on-grade, with 9-foot ceilings, double-pane low-e vinyl -framed horizontal slider windows, installed R-30 ceiling insulation (effective ... [continue reading]
Don't Be a Lipstick Flipper
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We hear in the news about all the foreclosed, abandoned, vacant, or otherwise lost homes. We hear about the army of house flippers and people buying and fixing these homes to make an income from ... [continue reading]
The Case for an Energy Benefit
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California Residential Retrofits: Ten Important Lessons Learned
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The potential for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions through retrofitting existing homes offers major incentives for future work. [continue reading]
Florida's Phased Deep Retrofit Project
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What are the realistic energy savings that can be obtained in homes in a hot-humid climate? As part of U.S. DOE’s Building America Program, phased deep retrofit (PDR) project, the Florida Solar ... [continue reading]
Deep Energy Retrofit X10 Part 3: Gathering Data
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This is the last article in a series of three that have summarized the design, construction, and performance of ten Northern California deep energy retrofits (DERs) that have been monitored by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (... [continue reading]
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Which Communicating Thermostats Are Customers Likely to Use?
With the Google buyout of NEST thermostats, attention has turned from the “smart meter” to the thermostat as ...
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Standard Retrofit Packages—What Works?
If we want to make good, or great, home performance a reality for more people and families across North America, ...
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