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On November 1, 2013, Home Energy began its 30th year in existence. The storytelling will begin officially in our January/February 2014 issue, when, along with a lot of new content and some new features, we reprise an article from our first issue—on the energy efficient use of water beds! Unofficially, the storytelling has already begun. Home Energy began in an office at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a few years ago we moved our shop ... [continue reading]
As the clock counts down to 2014, you might be thinking about ways to generate more business in the new year. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners have learned that word of mouth is one of the strongest communication channels to drive demand for energy efficiency upgrades. If you’re interested in upgrading your marketing approach, you might want to consider a new year’s resolution or two ... [continue reading]
Many homeowners want their homes to be as energy efficient as possible, but many also struggle to identify the best ways to achieve that goal. All too often contractors are called to a home to address an issue that may only be part of a home’s efficiency issues. When speaking with clients about the best ways to improve the overall energy integrity of homes, one of the best places to start is with ... [continue reading]
“Weatherization Drives New Technology and the Home Performance Industry,” hosted by NASCSP, brought a full house of movers and shakers to the White House to demonstrate WAP’s technical innovations, leadership in the home performance industry, and role as a go-to partner for utility and other partnership projects. Brad Penney, on behalf of NASCSP, opened the event and thanked the White House for the opportunity to showcase the Weatherization Assistance Program. With ... [continue reading]
Weatherization product and service suppliers were well represented at Weatherization Drives New Technology and the Home Performance Industry, the White House event hosted by the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) on December 9th. Results of the event will help in our campaign to persuade Congress to increase Weatherization funding in 2014. For those in attendance as well as those who watched from afar via live stream, we thank you. The event generated more ... [continue reading]
Homeowners throughout the United States can find incentives for making their homes more energy efficient with federal and state government tax credits. Take a look at the highlights from the states making the most significant investments in energy efficiency. [continue reading]
You can tell how long someone’s been in a particular industry by their mastery of the acronyms. I joined EnergyCircle on October 23 as a technical project manager, and I already knew all the web development acronyms: UX, HTML, FTP, CSS, UAT, XML, SQL. But when my new job began a month ago, I knew no more than the average person about home performance. I started hearing CFM, ACH, XPS, VOC, SHGC, SEER, and ... [continue reading]
Multi Family Weatherization Resource Guide by the Association for Energy Affordability, Inc., 2012, New York is a tool for professionals working on the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to apply their services to multifamily buildings. It provides details on technical topics and a broad policy context of how the national WAP has been implemented on the state and local level and relates to other low-income housing resources. [continue reading]
I’m anything but a Luddite (I suppose I wouldn’t be writing an article for the internet if I was). If given the choice between a “classic” piece of equipment/technology and the most recent version or, say, between a homeopathic/alternative medical treatment and the most contemporary course of Western treatment, it’s a no-brainer: I’ll take the modern option every time. I only bring this ... [continue reading]
ACI hosted its Regional Home Performance Conference (#acica13) in La Jolla, Calif. earlier this week for approximately 200 attendees and 23 exhibitors. This event comes at a critical juncture as the second phase of Energy Upgrade California (the first was during the ARRA Recovery Act period) is currently ramped up by the Regional Area Networks, the new configuration of utilities, program managers, and implementers. [continue reading]
