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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pumps
High-efficiency technologies like air source heat pumps (ASHPs) have significant potential to improve space-heating efficiency and reduce energy costs for houses in cold climates. ASHP technology has been available for many years, but until ...
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The Unexpected Energy Benefits of Mechanically Vented Crawl Spaces
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The debate on how best to treat crawl spaces has gone on for decades, and the building codes regulating crawl space design have constantly evolved. For a long time the entrenched thinking was to rely ... [continue reading]
Infiltration of Outdoor Pollutants
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How building airtightness and pollutant characteristics affect the transport of outdoor air pollution into the indoor environment [continue reading]
Infiltration of Outdoor Pollutants: Field Notes
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Parallel to the research undertaken by Brent Stephens and others (see “Infiltration of Outdoor Pollutants” in the upcoming May/June 2015 issue), there has been a recent Pittsburgh-based initiative called Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in ... [continue reading]
Kitchen Ventilation
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There is an unvented combustion appliance that people use every day that is often ignored [continue reading]
Energy-Saving Strategies - Think Again
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The rules regarding home energy savings are changing. New technologies and shifting realities are showing us that many of the old energy-saving dictums are now obsolete. If, for instance, you look at the top energy-saving ... [continue reading]
When Retrofitting A/C, Do the Ducts Too?
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Three contractors weigh in on the often complicated decision homeowners have to make when repairing, reconfiguring, or replacing their ducts. [continue reading]
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Electrifying Buildings for Decarbonization
Seventy million American homes and businesses burn natural gas, oil, or propane on-site to heat their space and water, generating 560 ...
Lindsay Bachman, Diane Chojnowski, Jim Gunshinan
Home Energy Pros Forum Thriving
Home Energy Pros Forum has reached a milestone. We are welcoming our 6,000th member to the premier online community for ...
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