Selecting a Water Heater
I am looking at updating the heating and water heating systems in a rental home I recently…See More
Bill Smith's Groups (10)
1000 Home Challenge
99 members Latest Activity: May 9
Linda Wigington distinguished between deep retrofits & deep energy reductions, thus expanding the range of strategies & tactics from…
Historic Home
60 members Latest Activity: Jan 31
Historic and vintage homes are significant to our cultural heritage, yet often lack energy efficiency and comfort. Our mission is to identify key…
Hall of Shame
121 members Latest Activity: May 2 In this group, members share an array of images from the field, showing the kinds of issues encountered by home performance professionals in real…
Multifamily Buildings
116 members Latest Activity: May 13
For too long there has been relatively little EE focus on multifamily, but some new programs have recently started. This group gives us a venue to…
Energy Efficient Design
64 members Latest Activity: Apr 25 Energy efficiency starts at the drafting table... How architects and designers can help buildings reach high-performance standards.
HVAC
155 members Latest Activity: Mar 31 HVAC design, Manuals J, S, T, & D, Duct leakage, Air flow, ENERGY STAR new home requirements, and more. Since heating & cooling are such a big part…
Weatherization
136 members Latest Activity: Feb 24 Share your concerns and successes as a weatherization professional, or information for this community.
Building Performance Institute (BPI)
271 members Latest Activity: on Thursday
BPI is the nation's premier standards development, quality assurance and credentialing organization for residential energy efficiency retrofit…
Best Practices (Residential)
253 members Latest Activity: Apr 22
Best Building, Retrofitting, or even Auditing Practices - what are they, what should change, what needs to find it's way to the dust bin of…
INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY USERS
152 members Latest Activity: Feb 17
This group is dedicated to knowledge sharing and discussion of infrared thermography for building sciences and energy applications.
Home Energy Pros
Home Energy Pros was founded by the developers of Home Energy Saver Pro (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) and brought to you in partnership with Home Energy magazine.
Latest Activity
Eric Kjelshus replied to Patrick Michaelyan's discussion Hot Upper Stories"When I am asked to fix this home. I start with a Heat Loss and gain, blower door IR sq…"
Bud Poll replied to Bachi Brunato's discussion Boxing and Insulating Around Non-ICAT Cans"This is a topic I have discussed many times, but unfortunately cost is all too often the deciding…"
Sean Lintow Sr replied to Bachi Brunato's discussion Boxing and Insulating Around Non-ICAT Cans"If you can't talk them into replacing with IC rated...
Look into Tenmat - those are designed…"
Bachi Brunato posted a discussionBoxing 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
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,…"
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…"
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…"
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…"
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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