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California Residential Retrofits: Ten Important Lessons Learned
The potential for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions through retrofitting existing homes offers major incentives for future work.
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Single-Family Home Retrofit Basics
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There are a number of ways to make older single-family homes more energy efficient and more healthy, that is, more green. [continue reading]
Advancing Home Performance House By House
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A small home performance company is growing by leaps and bounds by providing something of value to all it's customers - including an education in home performance. [continue reading]
The Smart Sell
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Using the right approach to energy efficiency upgrades can mean the difference between success and failure for a home performance contractor. [continue reading]
Contractors Aggregate Carbon Credits
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Contractors accredited by the Building Performance Institute (BPI) offer utilities and state conservation programs huge opportunities to verify savings not only in energy usage in existing homes, but also in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. That&... [continue reading]
Moving from Energy Efficiency to Carbon Footprint
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I have been in the energy efficiency and renewable energy business for almost 30 years, and I am seeing more rapid change now in this industry than ever before. More and more people understand that energy ... [continue reading]
Moving Toward Carbon Neutrality
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In July 2007, Affordable Comfort, Incorporated, (ACI) convened a summit in San Francisco, which was called “Moving Existing Homes Toward Carbon Neutrality.” The goal of the summit was to create and clarify a vision ... [continue reading]
Jim Gunshinan
Energy OutWest 2014
I was at the Energy OutWest Conference several years ago, but a memory still stands out from that event. I ...
Jim Gunshinan
Energy Upgrade California—Up Close and Personal Part 2
I am in San Diego for the Energy Out West conference, and I want to write about it, but while ...
No-Regrets Remodeling, 2nd Edition
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