Healthy Indoors Show April 9, 2020 — Healthy Home, Healthy Occupants: Managing COVID-19 Challenges
This week is a special 90-minute edition of the Healthy Indoors Show featuring a contractor and consumer-focused episode covering 3 special healthy h
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During the shutdowns for COVID-19, we're hearing that many contractors and other in-field installers are looking for online/remote training opportunities. Relevate topics would be building science, BPI, other weatherization certs, installatio
Read more…Hey all. I'm putting this out there to get your opinions on closed crawlspaces. What to do? What not to do?
My current plan follows Design Sample 2 from Advance Energy. https://www.advancedenergy.org/portal/crawl_spaces/pdfs/Closed%20Crawl%20Spaces_Qu
Read more…CEE conducts research to test emerging technologies and bring cost-effective and new choices for efficiency into homes and businesses. We rely on project participants to provide real-world settings for our studies. Register with our Project Participa
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I am looking for some feedback: I am working on a 3850 sq ft house in So. Cal., Castaic to be exact. It will be well insulated and air sealed (blown in blanket [fiberglass] in 2x8 with an R-4 continuous on the exterior. It has a 44' long x 22'
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ROCIS has updated our guidance document “Ducted Range Hoods: Recommendations for New and Existing Homes” and we are seeking your valued input to help us with our outreach efforts. These efforts are targeted to contractors, industry profess
Read more…Hi, folks! I've been lurking on this forum for some time without a membership because my Efficiency Kansas certification ran out years ago and I never pursued other certification. I haven't done a full energy audit myself in years, but I try to stay
Read more…Where would we be without the humble light bulb? The advent of the simple device gave us the ability to brighten inside and outside spaces, which had countless implications for productivity, safety, and quality of life. Recent decades have seen subst
Read more…Why is it important to save electricity? Is it money or the environment? Mix of both?
https://financialwolves.com/why-should-we-save-electricity/
Read more…Almost 50% of new homes still include fireplaces, and many older homes include this cozy feature. But they often escape the conversation when it comes to energy efficiency. Thanks to Beverly from Fireplace Fashion (fireplacefashion.com)—and a member
Read more…This residential home noticed drafts coming through the baseboards of a wall and by cutting a small hole in the drywall confirmed that a fireplace is behind it, and was not sealed or covered before the drywall was installed. Is there a way to cover t
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