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Strategies for Motivating and Retaining Superior Employees
When we want to motivate people, the most common thing we do is dangle a carrot in front of them to get more of what we want, and use a stick when we want less ...
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American Prosperity is Linked to Energy Efficiency
The home performance contracting opportunity is here and now. [continue reading]
Waste Not
To reduce a building's environmental impact, reduce the amount of energy it uses. But significant impacts also occur in the production and disposal of building materials. [continue reading]
Comfort: Undervalued, Misunderstood, Undersold
What part of the word "comfort" doesn't the home performance industry understand? Most of it, says Tony Woods of ZERODRAFT. [continue reading]
Creating Building Solutions
As our process, and our software, improved, we became better organized and found it easier to get the work done while still taking the time to find more jobs. [continue reading]
The Smart Sell
Using the right approach to energy efficiency upgrades can mean the difference between success and failure for a home performance contractor. [continue reading]
Reducing Greenhouse Gases - and Reaping the Benefits
Conservation Services Group (CSG), the nonprofit that I manage, has been designing, developing, and delivering innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy programs for more than two decades. Starting in the late ’90s CSG began ... [continue reading]
Building Performance Journal Editors
Our Blog Has Moved
Thanks for your interest in contributing a blog to the Building Performance Journal (formerly Home Energy magazine). We’re ...
Jim Gunshinan
Is Energy Efficiency an American Value?
Energy efficiency is good for the economy, good for families, good for workers, and good for the environment.
