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A new national survey finds good news for the environment: Nine out of 10 Americans believe the average person should be taking concrete steps to reduce his or her environmental impact. And two-thirds think that personal energy conservation habits can make a real difference in preventing climate change. [continue reading]
In the home performance industry, we are doing the Lord’s work by ensuring that the homes Americans live in are healthy and energy efficient. [continue reading]
When homeowners have an HVACR need, 80 to 90 percent begin their search for a provider on the Internet. Braving the wilds of the web, they’ll click and click, scroll and scroll, evaluating the appeal of you and your competition to find the best provider for their job. [continue reading]
Please keep in mind that while the information presented here is valuable, it's important to remember that predictions can and often do change over time. This information was compiled from industry publications. [continue reading]
Despite the Trump administration’s apparent affection for the fossil fuels industry, individual states are looking at the numbers and coming up with a different conclusion: The future belongs to pollution-free electric vehicles, and the sooner we get them on the road, the better off we’ll all be. And there are some important new studies out that give a hint of just how much everyone will benefit. [continue reading]
More than 30 percent energy savings can be achieved using the 2016 version of Standard 90.1, according to recent analysis conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program. [continue reading]
The Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) is focused on understanding human behavior and decision making. This knowledge can accelerate the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon future. Conference organizers are currently seeking new, innovative research and applied work from leaders in behavioral sciences on the adoption of energy efficiency in energy production and use. They invite 400 to 500-word abstracts for formal oral presentations, with or without accompanying full papers, as well as five-minute "lightning ... [continue reading]
Demand response and energy efficiency programs are complementary: energy efficiency reduces both energy use and peak demand while demand response provides additional peak demand reductions. In this blog, we use data to illustrate the importance of each, including some new data on actual savings from demand response programs. [continue reading]
Energy can seem like a politically divisive issue. Democrats earnestly support renewable energy adoption as a path to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while Republicans reject solar subsidies and prefer to frack first and ask questions later, right? Wrong. In an especially divisive election year, it may come as a breath of fresh air to learn that clean energy knows no party. [continue reading]
It's likely that you've heard of Corbett and Grace Lunsford before, as they recently went on a 20-city U.S. Tour from April 2016 to January 2017 in the world's highest performance tiny house on wheels, the #TinyLab. The Proof Is Possible Tour had a very simple mission: to revolutionize the home market by teaching consumers and contractors alike to use scientific testing to prove the work gets done to quality standards. (We wrote about the #TinyLab ... [continue reading]
