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Home Energy magazine

Volume 17, No. 6
November/December, 2000

Departments

Editorial
The Cheating Life

Letters
Keeping Cool; 
Calculating Heat

Software Secrets
Accounting for 
Air Infiltration

Building Green
Concept or Reality; 
Green Siding

Ask Dr. Proctor
Demystifying Superheat

Field Notes
Dream Design, 
Hard Reality in Duluth



Trends 

EC Insists 
Appliances Get Greener

Energy Star 
Takes On the Heat

Cool News for Tree Lovers

Attic Fans—Just Blowing Hot Air?
 


On the cover:
 

Feature Articles

Reexamining Roof Ventilation

by Tony Woods

Mold, moisture, and mildew in attics: Prevention and cure mean healthier homes, energy savings, and better business.
 

Weatherization Plus: New Opportunities

by Gail McKinley

Weatherization Plus aims to give state and local agencies the wherewithal to implement much-needed technologies in America’s homes
 

Cheating—
The Insulation Industry’s Dirty Secret

by Michael Uniake

Four years ago, a plan to stop the wide-spread cheating and fluffing of loose-fill insulation was published. The problem persists.
 

An Insulation Roundup

by David Kaufman

An energy consultant distinguishes between fluff and facts in the claims made about cavity insulation products.

Green Products Brighten
Multifamily Rehab

by Paul Knight

A multifamily housing rehab in Chicago takes a step beyond incorporating affordable energy-efficient building practices—and becomes a model of green building techniques.
 

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