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Bailey Family Earns Bragging Rights

Our attempt to improve the energy efficiency of our home began in 2008, after the electrical portion of our utility bill soared over $400. We had long been resigned to a steep energy bill, in part because ...

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Give a Hand to Audits

Author: Bill Shadish

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May 01, 2008

Today, hand-held devices are smaller and easier to use and can be extended very easily with a wide variety of both software and hardware add-ons. [continue reading]

Infrared Thermography: (Nearly) A Daily Tool

Author: John Snell

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March 07, 2008

The potential returns of using IR thermography for retrofitting of existing homes are immense. [continue reading]

Measuring Leakage in Multifamily Buildings

Author: Colin Genge

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September 03, 2007

Controlling the flow of air through the exterior building enclosure is critical. But controlling the flow of air between suites and common spaces within the building is also important. [continue reading]

Saving Water Indoors

Author: Peter Mayer

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June 01, 2007

In most U.S. cities, single-family homes make up the single largest source of demand for water. [continue reading]

The California Solar Initiative

Author: Cecelia Barros and Charles Segerstrom

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March 20, 2007

For an increasing number of Californians, renewable energy is an obvious choice. Harnessing the earth’s own inexhaustible energy—whether from the sun, wind, biomass, or other renewable sources—can reduce dependence ... [continue reading]

Burning Daylight

Author: Mary James

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March 20, 2007

Renewable Technologies, Incorporated, (RTI) sells, well, renewable technologies, but in the process it offers a service that many of its competitors haven’t yet thought to offer—energy auditing. Darryl Conklin, who founded ... [continue reading]

Solar Empowerment

Author: Tracy Fox

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March 20, 2007

Gary Gerber, CEO and founder of Sun Light and Power in Berkeley, California, has been working in the renewable energy field for 30 years. He successfully steered his solar design and installation company through the lean ... [continue reading]