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HERO Program Adds Value
Communities across the country are pursuing programs that promote energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
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A Solar Myth Bites the Dust
After doing the math, PV and a heat pump appeared to beat solar thermal for water heating.
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The Body and Soul of Connected Devices
This year’s harvest of Internet-connected devices is larger, more diverse, and often more complicated than ever.
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Net Zero Energy Manufactured Homes May Be on Their Way
Results from a 15-month study compare the real-world performance of the DOE Zero Energy Ready home with that of two other manufactured homes.
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HERO Program Adds Value for Homeowners, Communities, and Contractors
By Nick Fergis and Jesse Fulton
As the clean-energy economy heats up, communities across the country are actively pursuing programs that promote energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas (...
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Back Porch: Nexia: Connecting Homeowners, HVAC Installers, and Dealers
By Tom White
This past May at Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™: Connected Home Conference, I had the opportunity to speak with George Land, General Manager of ...
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Editorial: The Body and Soul of Connected Devices
By Alan Meier
In a recent article by Chris Dorsi, he provides an excellent summary of the latest crop of Internet-connected devices for home energy applications. This ...
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Another Solar Myth Bites the Dust
By Larry Weingarten
Way back in 1978, I installed my first solar water-heating system. I continued with solar thermal, installing new systems until tax credits expired in 1986, and ...
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The setting is stunning, 8,000 feet up in the Rockies. Colorado in September, aspen, screaming blue skies, bright clear ...
3 People, 2 Cats, 1 Tiny Home
By Macie Melendez
I always find tiny homes to be very charming, and Corbett and Grace Lunsford’s was no ...
Zero Energy Homes: Economical and Eco-Friendly
By Nicholas Jones and Jennifer Parsons
As global concern about energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of non-renewable resources continues to rise, more ...
10 Ways for Contractors to Be More Professional
By Gabe Lieb
As with other client businesses, when it comes to making it as a contractor, professionalism is everything. Rightly ...
