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HERO Program Adds Value for Homeowners, Communities, and Contractors
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 (GHG) emissions. One of the breakout successes in this field is ...
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Success with Collaboration
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Home performance, long seen as a tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, can also help individuals and communities adapt to climate change. To be effective in this role, the home performance industry must itself learn ... [continue reading]
ScanTheSun: A Tool for Solar-Panel Users
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In the ideal case of an individual installation, solar panels are mounted on the southern pitch of a roof of buildings with high insolation. (See “Vocabulary” for the definition of insolation and a ... [continue reading]
Measure Where All Your Power Is Being Used, Part 2
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Ohmconnect Gets Customers Involved in Demand-Response
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The year 1973 was an important one in the history of energy efficiency. Due to the OPEC oil embargo, heating fuel was scarce and costly. President Nixon asked all Americans to lower their thermostats to 68°... [continue reading]
September/October Contributors
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EPCs - Do You Know The Law?
Whether you are a property owner, landlord, tenant, contractor, or otherwise, it is essential to know the current and proposed ...
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Looking for Novel Applications of Thermal Storage
Through its JUMP platform, Oak Ridge National Lab has partnered with Trane to host a technology challenge on thermal storage. ...
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