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Rick Gerardi's case for a "Performance Registry"
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In NY, HPwES is in serious risk of collapse. While short term triage "solutions" seem de rigueur, vision for sustainable long term cures, and understanding that masking the illness only allows it to…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Pat Dundon Sep 14, 2012.

SIR minimums, building a culture, an infrastructure based upon lying...
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SIR minimum requirements create a culture of lying that, if things don't change quickly, will be embedded in the very culture of Home Performance. We won't have an infrastructure of building…Continue

Tags: design, bad, causes, structural, corruption

Started this discussion. Last reply by phil jeffers Jan 13, 2012.

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tedkidd replied to Tyler Gillette's discussion Free Energy Efficiency Tools / Calculators in the group Marketing Energy Efficiency

"You are welcome Tyler! Here's one I forgot - video of Phil Jeffers "Auditor" software: http://bit.ly/auditorvideo"

May 9

tedkidd replied to Tyler Gillette's discussion Free Energy Efficiency Tools / Calculators in the group Marketing Energy Efficiency

"I've collected some, and built one: http://bit.ly/HiZzou http://bit.ly/Homescale http://bit.ly/comfortcalculator http://bit.ly/WhyUpgrade http://1.usa.gov/W4w72J http://bit.ly/fuelbtucost"

May 9

tedkidd replied to Mike Kandel's discussion John Tooley of Advanced Energy Receives BPI's 2013 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry in the group Building Performance Institute (BPI)

"After seeing this great presentation by John Tooley http://bit.ly/qualityTRUSTcultureTooley I think this award is really well deserved. This guys is a thought leader. I met Rick Chitwood this winter - that guy is one of the fathers…"

May 1

tedkidd replied to Andy Simms's discussion Parts is parts anything to make it vent and gee there is draft; so there for it works. in the group Hall of Shame

"Awesome pic! Looks like you tested it, pass worst case?"

Apr 29

tedkidd replied to Greg Labbe's discussion Easiest way to convert 2"x10" into 2"x5"! in the group Hall of Shame

""Hey, rather than cut notches for the second pipe let's just run below the joists!!" "

Apr 25

tedkidd commented on Chris Laumer-Giddens's blog post Installing Ducted Mini-Splits and ERV in Modern High Performance Home

""Getting rid of lossy/restrictive ductwork is a quick way to get a 30% boost in real world efficiency, yet the specs of the minisplits don't reflect this real world savings." Think maybe tracking use, and making these unseen Real…"

Apr 13

tedkidd commented on Dale Stephens's blog post Learning Thermostat - a huge impact on Energy Savings

"Be interesting to see what driving temps to 72 in the hours before the price jumps does to both cost and comfort. "

Apr 11

tedkidd commented on Dale Stephens's blog post Learning Thermostat - a huge impact on Energy Savings

"Very cool. I want that!! How about temperature overlays, etc... Think of all the cool analytics they could potentially come up with. "

Apr 11

tedkidd replied to Pat Dundon's discussion Basements and BAS

"You can invest in a bunch of AirAdvice and let us know. They are not cheap devices, and I don't know anyone that has them that actively promotes the service. What would you need to hire someone to drive 30+/- minutes, install, then…"

Apr 11

tedkidd replied to Pat Dundon's discussion Basements and BAS

"Ed, I used AirAdvice. You leave it in the home for 3 days to a week and it logs Radon, CO2, CO, VOC's, Allergens, etc... Like many of the things I've done in this grand experiment I did not get paid for the work.…"

Apr 11

tedkidd replied to Tom Delconte's discussion Energy Myths- Fact or Fiction?

"Will this prescriptive recommendation work for everyone? Will it cause no-one to use MORE energy? Do you think this recommendation could potentially cause some to use MORE energy? What our charge to "do no…"

Apr 11

tedkidd replied to Pat Dundon's discussion Basements and BAS

"I've tested tight houses with really great iaq, and really loose houses with terrible iaq. That got me thinking about ACH seasonality due to stack pressure. Think a house with good IAQ on a 15f day has the same IAQ on a 55f day?…"

Apr 11

tedkidd commented on Dale Stephens's blog post Learning Thermostat - a huge impact on Energy Savings

"GREAT video found through your link Bob - http://www.silverspringnet.com/customers/oge-electric-services/#.UWbcarWR9CA"

Apr 11

tedkidd commented on Dale Stephens's blog post Learning Thermostat - a huge impact on Energy Savings

"That is really fantastic! Are you willing to publish that data and write up the case study? The more we understand the successes/value people have experienced, the more we can know when/where such recommendations make sense."

Apr 6

tedkidd commented on Dale Stephens's blog post Learning Thermostat - a huge impact on Energy Savings

"Btw. That's not anti-nest. Ironically it's anti Ecobee. I havent seen Nest claim "24% energy savings" intheir ads. Lack of easy access to utility information seems to magnify the disservice. For example - Marie actually tried to…"

Apr 6

tedkidd commented on Dale Stephens's blog post Learning Thermostat - a huge impact on Energy Savings

"People are funny. We feel we need to "justify" buying toys by calling them tools. Then we use all kinds of distortive bias to confirm our beliefs that the toy purchase is performing its supposed tool task. This is simply human nature. To…"

Apr 6

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Professional Certification: BPI Accredited

Professional Interests: Crunching the numbers. Beating the savings projections by getting the crews excited about their work.

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TRACKING RESULTS - Making Excellence A Competitive Advantage

Promises of savings without tracking DRIVES ME NUTS. People are being harmed and we don't have any idea how big the harm is. Comprehensive Home Performance really takes off once you connect tracking results because now you can offer a thing very rare.

You can offer TRUTH. You can offer PROOF that what you say will happen, will happen. Delivering the "5th

How do we create pressure for Utilities to open up their data so tracking can be automated?…

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Posted on December 13, 2012 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Great Home Energy Magazine HPwES article.

Great article. I think Courtney Moriarta may be one of the brilliant original designers of Comprehensive Home Performance:

Home Energy Magazine - Home Performance with Energy Star :: Home Performance with Energy Star - Looking Back to See the Future

Hopefully the current obsession with "cost effectiveness" will soon be replaced with focus on Comprehensive…

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Posted on November 24, 2012 at 7:00pm

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At 8:20am on September 17, 2012, Curt Kinder said…: That's very kind of you to say.

At 1:00pm on September 23, 2011, David Eggleton said…: Welcome to the 1000 Home Challenge group, Ted. As the project moves out from the pilot phase, much of interest will emerge! At any time, send me nominations for the Resources section of the group's page.

At 12:14pm on May 18, 2011, Diane Chojnowski said…: Welcome to Home Energy Pros! Feel free to join the conversation in the Forum and Groups. And share your energy efficiency photos, videos and upcoming events. If you're blogging about home performance, this is the place for you!

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