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Interest in a Home Performance Quality Assurance group?

Hi Home Energy Pros! My organization recently began doing quality assurance for Michigan Saves and BetterBuildings for Michigan - two state…

Started by Nick Helmholdt

1 Feb 15
Reply by Sean Lintow Sr

Home Manager vs. Home Automation

HouseWide Utiliti designs professional "home manager systems" as opposed to consumer electronics "home automation". What's the difference?…

Started by Gary LaForge

0 Feb 14

The Energy Upgrade Project Manager as the Rater

In California the prevalent and rebate or incentive sanctioned model to perform a whole house performance upgrade usually requires places h…

Started by Bruce Helft

0 Jan 28

How would you makeover Downton Abbey?

NAR's public consumer advocacy website is HouseLogic. This month they are featuring an interesting twist to increase consumer interest in e…

Started by Laura Reedy Stukel

22 Oct 17, 2012
Reply by William Reid

Can HP programs afford to keep subsidizing all these free-riders?

First some facts: 1. The ARRA bubble era is over. Efficiency First has a webinar coming up next week that will claim that contractors don't…

Started by Tom Conlon

7 Sep 13, 2012
Reply by tedkidd

EcoDog Home Monitoring: An Energy Geek's Dream??

EcoDog’s FIDO Home Energy Monitor provides  a new level of visibility to electricity consumption  that gives homeowners unprecedented power…

Started by Marc Church

0 Aug 13, 2012

NEW BOOK! Home Performance Diagnostics: the Guide to Advanced Testing

I'm very proud to have finished this monster and made it available to my colleagues and their students!  I hope you find it an indispensabl…

Started by Corbett Lunsford

5 Feb 17, 2012
Reply by Jim Klebes

ACI has extended Early Bird pricing!

Deadline Extended! ACI has extended Early Bird pricing for an additional 48 hours for the National Home Performance Conference, March 26-30…

Started by Cierra Mooney

0 Feb 14, 2012

Should home-performance ratings be required on property listings?

Recognizing that this group may be a bit biased, I invite your responses for a survey on whether home-performance ratings should be require…

Started by Leah Thayer

10 Nov 26, 2011
Reply by Chris J Folse

Best Buy/Geek Squad to get into Energy Efficiency

.... home energy management and energy audits.  I'll be curious to see their pricing and energy audit protocols (checklists).   http://bit.…

Started by Melissa Baldridge

6 Nov 11, 2011
Reply by Dennis McCarthy

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Boxing and Insulating Around Non-ICAT Cans

I have a client with 16) 4" halogen recessed light fixtures in the attic.I'd like to cover the cans…See More
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Dennis Heidner replied to Patrick Michaelyan's discussion Hot Upper Stories
"Could you have them make a simple two line graph of the outside temperature, noting sun/clouds,…"
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Bob Blanchette replied to Jose Macho's discussion Why Are Energy-Saving Home Inprovements Down??
"You make some valid points, especially with the base rate charges. Increasing the base rate instead…"
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Bob Blanchette replied to Jose Macho's discussion Why Are Energy-Saving Home Inprovements Down??
"Amen, make energy show it's true cost instead of subsidizing it. We have some of the lowest…"
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Dennis Heidner replied to Jose Macho's discussion Why Are Energy-Saving Home Inprovements Down??
"The press report really doesn't give enough information to clearly answer why  they are…"
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Edward Foskey commented on Edward Foskey's blog post Preparing to Update the Heat Pump
"Gustavo, Thanks for the input. I agree with you in that I will be waiting till my system's…"
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Gustavo Melo commented on Edward Foskey's blog post Preparing to Update the Heat Pump
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Dennis Heidner replied to J.C. Martel's discussion Disasters & sustainable energy
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Tom Delconte commented on Edward Foskey's blog post Preparing to Update the Heat Pump
"Thanks, Ed, I get it now. I would just put in what my hvac guy tells me to put in: a $17,000…"
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Jim Gunshinan commented on Jim Gunshinan's blog post The Universe Is Made of Stories
"Hi Tom, I'm sorry you didn't think my blog post was helpful or appropriate. I'll…"
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Tom Delconte commented on Jim Gunshinan's blog post The Universe Is Made of Stories
"Whatever happened to separation of church, state, and scientific home building science? What would…"
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America program is a source of innovation in residential building energy performance, durability, quality, aff...
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