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An Easier Way to Measure Duct Leaks |
| By: Iain Walker and Max Sherman | Magazine: September/October 2002 |
| Finally, a duct leakage measurement that HVAC contractors might even love. |
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Ventilating Small Chicago Homes |
| By: Robb Aldrich and Gayathri Vijayakumar | Magazine: January/February 2006 |
| Because the affordable Chicago homes are airtight, builders were especially concerned with providing adequate ventilation and good indoor air quality. |
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Reality PV |
| By: Kurt Scheuermann | Magazine: January/February 2003 |
| Analysis of hourly metered data collected from 19 residential grid-tied PV systems in California helps to answer questions about actual system power output. |
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Motors Matter |
| By: Jeanne Byrne | Magazine: July/August 2000 |
| These underappreciated—but growing—consumers of household energy deserve more attention. |
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Energy Efficiency in Historic Homes |
| By: James Cavallo and Mark Marszalek | Magazine: May/June 2005 |
| There are a few hurdles to overcome in retrofitting historic homes, such as staying out of the way of visitors, but the effort can lead to greater energy efficiency, greater comfort, and better protection for precious artifacts. |
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Modern Evaporative Coolers |
| By: Larry Kinney | Magazine: September/October 2004 |
| Not all evaporative coolers are created equal. Modern machines operate more efficiently and with much less fuss than the old swamp coolers did. |
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The Chicago Green Bungalow Project |
| By: Paul Knight | Magazine: July/August 2004 |
| The Chicago bungalow has been around for a century. A Green Team is working to make sure these houses last for another hundred years. |
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Sacramento's Zero-Energy Home Community |
| By: Mike Keesee and Rob Hammon | Magazine: March/April 2006 |
| The first step in designing a zero-energy home is to significantly reduce the home’s overall energy use. The rest is fairly easy. |
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Crawlspaces: Considering the Options |
| By: Brad Turk | Magazine: May/June 2004 |
| For crawlspaces, as for the entire house, there are house-specific, local, and regional conditions to consider. |
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Strategies for Success |
| By: Bob Knight and Gregory Thomas | Magazine: March/April 2004 |
| What business practices do whole-house contractors need to consider adopting in order to see strong growth in the coming year? |
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Pollution Occurrence Insurance |
| By: Robert C. Adams | Magazine: January/February 2004 |
| For weatherization assistance program providers, obtaining affordable coverage is unexpectedly difficult. |
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Are You Getting into Hot Water? |
| By: Robert Wendt and Evelyn Baskin | Magazine: September/October 2003 |
| We’ve come a long way in making hot water more efficiently. The next place to cut waste is in the distribution systems. |
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Getting the Lead Out |
| By: Dennis C. Jacobs and John Casey | Magazine: July/August 2003 |
| Low-income families carry the heaviest burden of lead exposure. With the help of a chemistry class, that burden gets a little lighter. |
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Saving Water Indoors |
| By: Peter Mayer | Magazine: Water/Energy: Linking Efficiency Efforts (Special Edition) |
| In most U.S. cities, single-family homes make up the single largest source of demand for water. |
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Alaska Weatherization |
| By: Mimi Burbage, Ian Sharrock, and Ralph Lee | Magazine: July/August 2007 |
| For weatherization professionals in the country’s northernmost state, half the job is just getting there. |
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Making a 20-Year-Old House Work |
| By: Larry Kinney | Magazine: November/December 2004 |
| Moving into an older home is often accompanied by unhappy surprises affecting energy use and comfort. The solution requires dealing creatively with a number of details. |
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Post-Hurricane Opportunities |
| By: Danny Parker | Magazine: March/April 2005 |
| Although coping with hurricanes is difficult, it does offer the opportunity to make homes more energy efficient and comfortable. |
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