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A New Way to Reduce Multifamily Air Leakage
While tight exterior envelopes have become standard for single-family homes, they have been slow to reach the multifamily sector. Multifamily buildings have many of the same leakage paths as houses, as well as additional paths ...
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Multifamily Ventilation Retrofits for Energy Savings
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Ever feel like something's missing from your multifamily audit? It could be the ventilation system. [continue reading]
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A Case Study in Converting from Two-Pipe Steam to Hydronic Heating [continue reading]
Resolving the Circulation Dilemma in Multifamily Buildings
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Demand-controlled pumping for hot water distribution holds high value in multifamily buildings. [continue reading]
Blower Door Testing in Multifamily Buildings
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In the past, blower door testing in apartment buildings had its obstacles -- difficulty, expenses, and uncertain payoff. Well, not anymore. See why these reasons no longer apply for most U.S. buildings. [continue reading]
Bringing Multifamily Expertise to Weatherization Programs
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According to the U.S. Census, there are nearly 23 million residential-use buildings across the United States that contain five or more housing units. These represent more than one-sixth of U.S. homes. Weatherizing these multifamily ... [continue reading]
Building a Multifamily Home Performance Program
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More money than ever before is being invested in residential whole-building retrofit programs, but these funds are largely geared toward single-family homeowners. Can we continue to ignore the roughly one-third of us who live in apartments? [continue reading]
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Equity and Climate: A Solution for Home Rentals
Lack of affordable housing and energy burdens plague many people and communities. Cities throughout the United States are looking for ...
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Decarbonizing Buildings for All
Lowering carbon emissions from the buildings sector (which produces nearly 40 percent of US carbon emissions) is a crucial part of ...
