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Lead-safe retrofits
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G.H. Runevitch, a master trainer associated with the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD), recently contributed an article,…Continue

Tags: weatherization, RRP, EPA, lead

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ed Mahoney Dec 22, 2010.

The Passive House Approach

The 5th Annual North American Passive House Conference will be held in Portland, Or this November 5-7.  Mary James, former publisher…Continue

Tags: passive_house, IAQ, passivhaus

Started Oct 22, 2010

Home Performance with Energy Star Contractor's Roundtable
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Home Energy has published business development guides for residential building contractors that participate in the jointly-sponsored DOE/EPA Home Performance with Energy Star (HPwES) program.  To…Continue

Tags: energy_star, home_performance, business_development

Started this discussion. Last reply by Tom White Aug 8, 2011.

Multifamily Housing
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There are 26 million apartments in the U.S. that house nine million families below the poverty level, and four million elderly households.  The percentage of multifamily (MF) homes in states with…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Graeme Nix Nov 15, 2010.

 

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Green Building Entrepreneur: Shane Gring- BOULD

BOULD partners with affordable housing builders, like Habitat For Humanity, to transform housing projects into hands-on, interactive learning laboratories to help transition architecture and construction professionals into the green building…
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Energy Upgrade California

This is a group for contractors and other pros participating in the Energy Upgrade California energy efficiency program launched 3/1/11.See More
Apr 18
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Green Building Entrepreneur: Shane Gring- BOULD

"Yes I have & I even did it through the BOULD program which I did write about: http://blog.sls-construction.com/2012/leed-ap-habitat-humanity-bould  The only catch with it, is Shane seemingly dropped off the grid at least as far as our…"
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Filling The Gaps: The History of The Weatherization Assistance Program from State and Local Energy Report on Vimeo.

Filling The Gaps: The History of The Weatherization Assistance Program

State & Local Energy Report presents Filling the Gaps: The History of the Weatherization Assistance Program. This feature-length documentary reveals the never-before-told story of the dedicated men and women of the Weatherization Assistance Program.…
Apr 11
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Dina Biscotti: Community-Based Initiatives for Energy Efficiency - Leveraging Social Institutions

Dina Biscotti from the University of California at Davis investigates social movement organizations that emphasize moral and communal (non-price) rationales ...
Apr 4
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Filling The Gaps: The History of The Weatherization Assistance Program from State and Local Energy Report on Vimeo.

Filling The Gaps: The History of The Weatherization Assistance Program

State & Local Energy Report presents Filling the Gaps: The History of the Weatherization Assistance Program. This feature-length documentary reveals the never-before-told story of the dedicated men and women of the Weatherization Assistance Program.…
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Trainers and Mentors

Share your experience with different training and mentoring methods. Learn about new training tools, certifications and training programs.See More
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Weatherization

Share your concerns and successes as a weatherization professional, or information for this community.
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Tom White posted a video

Dina Biscotti: Community-Based Initiatives for Energy Efficiency - Leveraging Social Institutions

Dina Biscotti from the University of California at Davis investigates social movement organizations that emphasize moral and communal (non-price) rationales ...
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Jan 31
Tom White replied to Chase Counts's discussion WAP Program Management/Administration
"Chase,  you'll find a few articles on WAP program design, and some case studies related to management at http://www.homeenergy.org/list/category/nav/weatherization .  Please let us know what you hear.  We're always…"
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Affecting End User Behavior to Achieve Efficiency

This is one of a series of 11 videos in the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center's "Roots of Energy Efficiency" series of forums exploring California's rich past - and promising future - as a global innovator of energy-efficient technologies and…
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Weatherization

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Dec 19, 2012

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ACI National Home Performance Conference: Setting the Pace for Change

This year ACI held its largest ever national home performance conference in Baltimore, Md.  It was the largest in the number of workshop sessions: over 195 sessions, in 25 thematic tracks; with the largest number of exhibitors (115) and sponsors (48).  

The three themes stood out: a) keep it simple (from the homeowners perspective); b) there is no silver bullet; and c) HVAC is jumping into home performance, maybe not head first, but at least with both feet in a measured…

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Posted on April 18, 2012 at 5:00am

Why We Save: When the Cost of Energy Hits Home

As we work to save energy, one of our goals is to save dollars for consumers. But there are other costs that energy professionals can minimize as well, for example, obtaining and transporting energy and building materials. Knowing that we are helping to minimize these 'external' costs will renew our motivation to save energy, and hopefully inspire home energy users to save…

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Posted on December 13, 2010 at 3:59pm

What's Next for Weatherization: Pioneers in Community Energy Leadership

At the recent NCAF Energy Leveraging conference, one of the big questions on the minds of attendees was how do we keep over 1700 weatherization subgrantees alive after the ARRA stimulus funding runs out? As Bob Adams, Program Lead with the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program, said,"We don't want [the unemployment of weatherization staff] to be our post-ARRA legacy. The crystal ball is really cloudy, but there are a lot of believers who are… Continue

Posted on November 21, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Energy leveraging for weatherization agencies

I'm in St. Petersburg, Florida, attending the National

Community Action Foundation and Community Investment Futures Energy

Conference
. Today is the conference kick-off and I'm looking

forward to learning more about how community action agencies (CAA's),

the prime movers of the US DOE weatherization program, are using energy

leveraging… Continue

Posted on October 25, 2010 at 8:30am — 5 Comments

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At 4:28pm on January 29, 2012, David Eggleton said…

Tom, why did you include Mentors in the name of the group you started?  I ask because none have replied to some questions I raised a year ago.  Do you suppose my hunch about trade secrets was correct?

At 10:39am on April 12, 2011, John Poole said…
Tom, thanks for joining the Historic Home Group, and thanks for directing David Clark to us, as well
At 3:21pm on April 4, 2011, George Beeler said…
Hi Tom, thank you for contacting me.

I am interested. My full case study is online at http://thousandhomechallenge.com/sites/thousandhomechallenge.com/files/user-files/beeler_thc_case_study.pdf I have some refinements I will be adding soon.
Is that too long? I think it is useful to show the staged process that we used plus the context of other major improvements that happened with the EE work.

Thanks for your interest,
George
At 7:43am on November 19, 2010, Peter Troast said…
Thanks Tom. Congratulations on the launch. With every passing day, I'm amazed at the growth and sense of community. Just need a few more hours in the day....
At 3:27pm on November 17, 2010, Build It Green said…
Thanks for the welcome Tom!
At 2:33pm on November 7, 2010, Angela Bowman said…
Thanks, Tom. This looks like a great site; hoping to learn a lot here.
At 4:13pm on September 28, 2010, Diane Chojnowski said…
Hi Tom, Great meeting with you today! This is going to be fun!
Don't forget to upload a picture!
At 6:12pm on August 10, 2010, Leslie Jackson said…
nice profile pic...it's so...unisex!

i'd like to invite a few pros i know but will wait until there is more to look at once here.
 
 
 

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