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Combustion Safety Checks: How Not to Kill Your Clients
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Heating contractors, inspectors, and energy auditors all have different approaches to inspecting combustion appliances. Combustion problems come in various sizes and shapes, and individual tests may not by themselves prove if the house is actually safe. [continue reading]
Ventilating Attics to Minimize Icings at Eaves
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Icicles and ice dams form at the eaves of some roofs in cold regions. Water that ponds behind ice dams may leak into the building since most steep roofs are configured to shed water, not hold back standing water. [continue reading]
Condensing Furnaces: Lessons from a Utility
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For the last several years, about 90% of the new natural gas furnaces installed in Wisconsin have been condensing furnaces. [continue reading]
Targeting Residential Conservation Measures
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Space cooling is a major contributor to electric utility peak loads in the Southwest. [continue reading]
Fireplaces: Studies in Contrasts
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Conventional fireplaces are incompatible with new, tighter housing, or with weatherized homes because of their large air requirements and the incomplete combustion products they produce. [continue reading]
Ground-Source Heat Pumps Gaining Ground
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Ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs), also called geothermal heat pumps or ground-coupled heat pumps, are gaining popularity as efficient space-conditioning systems. [continue reading]
Brittney Sheffield
How Third-Party Utility Providers Work
Many people know that there are ways to save on your utility services, however there are plenty of people who ...
Neil Grigsby
Northwest Energy Star Super-Efficient Homes—#6: The Pumpkin Ridge Passive House
The Pumpkin Ridge Passive House is one of six super energy-efficient homes being highlighted this year by Northwest Energy Homes&...
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