During the BPA National Conference—not in New Orleans, but in your home and mine—I got to sit down with Allison Bailes and chat about his upcoming book, A House Needs to Breathe … Or Does It? That’s a working title, but it caught my attention. I pred

"Solvergy: Buildings" mobile application designed to quickly analyze using AI the energy efficiency of buildings that consume energy for heating. The main innovation of the application is the ability to calculate the consumption and energy efficiency

Mary S. Lopez, PhD, CPE & Michael J. Ellenbecker, ScD, CIH

ACGIH Chair & Immediate Past Chair

The Science of Guidelines and Standards 

This week I have a chance to sit down with two prominent educators in home performance, Amanda Hatherly of Energy Smart Academy, and Chris Dorsi of the Montana Weatherization Training Center. In each video interview, though we have plenty of other th

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has been taking a close look at the health defcit between Black, brown, and Native American peoples, compared to white Amercians. As advocates of energy efficiency, it is a short step to ex

HEALTHIER WORKPLACES, A HEALTHIER WORLD

Lindsay Cook MSPH, CIH, CSP, FAIHA has been a member of AIHA since 1979. He has worked as both a volunteer of AIHA technical committees and in organization leadership. Lindsay became president of AIHA in June 2

June 24, 2020 – Washington, DC – The Building Performance Association actively supports the HOPE for HOMES Act of 2020, which includes immediate relief and long-term support for the residential energy efficiency contractor industry negatively affecte

BELFOR is Ichiban

Rusty Amarante, CR, has over 40 years of experience in the restoration industry. He is the Director of Operations for BELFOR Property Restoration, the global leader in disaster recovery and President of BELFOR Franchise Group, the w

You don’t need us to tell you: The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting small businesses. However, despite the negatives, there are a few positives. One is that many Americans are looking to help “support local” in any way they can,

Détente

Détente (from the French “relaxation”) is the easing of strained relations, especially political, by verbal communication. The term, in diplomacy, originates from around 1912 when France and Germany tried unsuccessfully to reduce tensions.

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Some Connecticut business groups are using the COVID crisis to petition the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to drastically cut funding for energy efficiency programs.

A motion filed by Connecticut Industrial Energy Consumers

Harnessing the power of creativity to improve profitability,increase sales and give meaning to your work.

Nir Bashan is a world-renowned creativity expert. He has taught thousands of leaders and individuals around the globe how to harness the power of

Home performance contractors are adjusting on the fly to deal with COVID-19 related health and safety guidelines (take advantage of our coronavirus resource page here). In addition to the large number of homeowners who are wary about letting technici

We're proud to be a publication of the Building Performance Association (BPA) and we've been reminded of that again as they've released an official statement on racial injustice today. We stand by every word. And we're honored to be part of a communi

When the first edition of Green Building Illustrated came out in 2014, I thought it was clearly written and illustrated, and packed with good information for aspiring architects and engineers, as well as veteran building and mechanical design profess

Healthy Indoors Show May 14, 2020 —

Contractors and consulting performing Building Performance and Weatherization work often are faced with properties that have moisture and mold/microbial issues. In many cases, their only option is to defer doing the

ASHRAE Pandemic Task Force, Mechanical Systems and Covid19

Bill Bahnfleth, PhD, PE is a professor at Penn State University, a past president of ASHRAE and chairman of the ASHRAE Pandemic Task Force.

Nuggets mined from today’s episode:

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Have you returned to working in the field?

As the info (constantly) evolves, Santa Fe Community College’s EnergySmart Academy presents a four-hour online course that has spread nationwide as—dare we say—the course to take to prepare home performance

In an earlier post, “Notes from the Field During a Pandemic”, we heard from an HVAC company and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With stay-at-home orders in effect all across the country, it is both a challenge and an opportunity to create new