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Selling Thermostats that Save Customers Energy and Money
When you think of industries offering the latest technology, computer software, social media, and cell phone companies may come to mind first. But when I reflect back on my 27 years in the residential HVACR industry, ...
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Getting Started in Home Performance Contracting
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HVAC Contractors: Survive and Prosper in Hard Times
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The International Energy Conservation Codes (IECC 2009 and 2012) require HVAC ducts to be tested to prove a minimum leakage of a rather easily obtained 12 CFM/100 square feet of conditioned floor area. While many states and localities ... [continue reading]
Quality Management Systems: Those Who Abandoned You May Come Home
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Month after month, you review your maintenance agreement numbers and find that they are dwindling each time you look at them. The last few years may have been tough in a lot of different areas ... [continue reading]
Let's Play Stump the Chump!
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Send in your stumpers! You know - that problem house, symptom or combination of symptoms that confounded the homeowner and challenged all your building science savvy to solve. Send BPI a description of the problem &... [continue reading]
Air Sealing and the CAZ
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After I described how air can get sucked down the chimney and vent connector and flue, and out the draft diverter of the gas water heater, and into the basement, the mother, who was now ... [continue reading]
Sales Up, Profits Down? Wondering Why?
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To understand the phenomenon of sales being up and profits being down, you first have to understand how 90–95% of current company owners in our industry got started. This may not be your story, but ... [continue reading]
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Home Performance Coalition Comments on EPA's Proposed Rule on the Clean Energy Incentive Program
Yesterday, the Home Performance Coalition (HPC) released comments on EPA's Proposed Rule on the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP) Design ...
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Five Ways to Judge Sustainable Housing
The first thing to do is clarify some terms.
