GreenBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

See if you missed any of our most-read articles this year

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The guidelines create rules for the international transfers of carbon credits, a move intended to create more trust in the growing carbon market

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Hugh Salway explains what Article 6 means for the voluntary carbon market and how standards such as Verra and The Gold Standard will continue to evolve

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Green Living Guy

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Well folks, I got an article in The Hill. The post Article in The Hill called The American Conundrum With Electric Cars appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Home Energy

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Home Energy is moving out of its office of ten years in Berkeley, California. Still maintaining the same high standard for truth that has kept this publication in print for—gasp!—35 —35 years, our editorial staff will work from their homes. Moving this magazine is like striking a stage production. Packing it up is a history lesson in building science

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Home Energy

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Duane Jonlin “Build Your Own Code” Duane says he hopes readers can “build on experiences out in the code-writing and enforcement space, and just pole vault past a lot of the learning curve ”

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Home Energy

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

February 1–5 2020 ASHRAE Winter Conference February 11–12 BPA Northeast Regional Home Performance Conference & Trade Show

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Home Energy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

September 20–22 RaterFest! 2019 September 23–24 2019 NASCSP Annual Training Conference

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Home Energy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

For nearly 20 years, Alan Meier and I have had on one level a typical editor/author relationship. I bug him about writing the next editorial for Home Energy, and he procrastinates until the last minute. Maggie Forti, director of advertising, who has been at the magazine just as long as I have, put it this way, quoting Alan himself: “I’ll get back to you.” ” “I’m working on it.” ” “There’s candy in the drawer.”

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Home Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Strike up a conversation about podcasts with just about anyone and they’ll have something to say. The passionate fans among us have long lists of shows that we subscribe to called podcast libraries, and we receive updates as soon as new episodes are released. We’re happy to pull out our devices and share our libraries with others

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Home Energy

AUGUST 30, 2019

Bill Eckman “Seeing the Possibilities with the Water-Energy Nexus” Bill says that integrating water use into our home performance analysis won't save the world, but it is a great step to taking house-as-a-system further

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Home Energy

JUNE 1, 2019

At Columbia Gas of Ohio, we work to identify and engage income-qualified customers, with the goal of providing them no-cost services to increase the energy efficiency of their homes and reduce their energy bills. We made a switch in 2017 from marketing primarily to customers who were participating in the utility energy assistance programs to marketing campaigns designed for lower-income customers who were not participating in the energy assistance programs.

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Home Energy

MAY 29, 2019

Sarah Poe “Reaching the Underserved” Sarah wishes readers to see “the collaborative approach that our team has taken to reach underserved customers through our WarmChoice program ”

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Home Energy

MAY 29, 2019

June 3–7 NYC—Certified Passive House Designer Training June 6–8 AIA Conference on Architecture

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Home Energy

MARCH 30, 2019

Iain Walker “Ventilation and IAQ in New California Homes” Iain hopes readers get that a really good way to have good indoor air quality is to have a ventilation system. And to use it

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Home Energy

MARCH 30, 2019

April 1–4 2019 HPC National Home Performance Conference & Trade Show April 24–26 Thirty-ninth Utility Energy Forum

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Home Energy

JANUARY 1, 2019

January 12-16 ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR Expo January 21–24 AESP 29th Annual Conference and Expo

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Home Energy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Recent articles about Induction Cookers, notably an opinion piece in the The New York Times, have sparked heated debate regarding the pros and cons of induction cooking vs. gas cooking. There are hundreds of comments at the end of some articles, from all sides of the issue, but there’s a commonality to many: Authors underestimate their audience’s level of understanding.

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Low Impact

JANUARY 24, 2021

This article is a listing of key resources: video interviews I’ve done with relevant people whilst researching the book, plus articles providing additional information. Book contents with videos and articles in relevant chapters.

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Home Energy

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Nobody likes energy codes. This unfortunate fact maintains my popularity ratings, as a writer and enforcer of energy codes, down in the low single digits. Energy codes fall into the same category as speed limits and industrial safety rules—things that society wants but the private sector just can’t or won’t do on its own. For builders and developers, however, the code restrictions seem to pile up year after year, making it ever more challenging to get things built.

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Home Energy

DECEMBER 7, 2019

It nearly 75 years old, New York City’s largest apartment complex continues to raise the bar for sustainability and energy-efficient retrofits. Occupying 80 acres of land just north of Lower Manhattan, Stuyvesant Town, and Peter Cooper Village is an 11,241-unit apartment community that is home to over 28,000 residents. It consists of two properties, bounded by First Avenue and the East River and extending from 14th Street to 23rd Street.

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Home Energy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

After over 35 years of providing relevant, technical content to the building performance and weatherization communities, Home Energy will end its run after this issue. Starting with the Spring 2020 issue, the magazine will be called the Building Performance Journal.

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Home Energy

MAY 30, 2019

On April 2 we announced the formation of the Building Performance Association (the Association) at the National Home Performance Conference in Chicago. We are a national industry association organized under the 501(c)(6) section of the IRS code. As an industry association we represent the broad (and yes, sometimes contradictory) interests of everyone who is significantly involved in residential energy efficiency retrofits and home performance.

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Home Energy

APRIL 2, 2019

Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over. —Mark Twain When anything is very inexpensive and not at the forefront in our minds, it can go undervalued and be misunderstood. Water falls into this dark hole. It’s not that we are running out of water; we are not. The problem is that the water isn’t always where we need it. The United Nations Environment Program reports that 97.5% of all water on earth is saltwater and 2.5% is freshwater. Of the 2.5% of freshwater, 0.3%

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Home Energy

MARCH 31, 2019

In many parts of the country, house envelopes are notoriously leaky, with unintended air infiltration that results in additional space-heating and -cooling equipment loads. While voluntary codes and standards for envelope tightness have existed for decades, only recently have these codes become a requirement. Current manual methods for sealing house leaks, even when diligently applied, can fall short of the ultimate tightness goal, due to unrecognized leakage pathways

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Home Energy

MARCH 29, 2019

This past year, the home performance industry lost a dear friend. We pay tribute to one of our most tireless advocates and greatest contributors. The following obituary is from Mike’s wife Karen Sokol and his daughter Sabine. It first appeared in the Vermont online news outlet Seventh Day on December 26, 2018

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

However, the solar installation community, which is well-known for its grit and resilience, adapted quickly and increased its adoption of remote sales, operational tools and outside… The post Top 10 solar articles of 2020 from the Aurora Blog appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Home Energy

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Completing weatherization and home performance upgrades can be dirty work. Add the challenges of being in occupied homes, and you have one of the toughest jobs in the industry! The type of dust created during energy upgrades ranges from a substantial nuisance to a documented hazard, like lead or even asbestos. Program and regulatory compliance (OSHA, EPA, and so on) is often thought of as the primary reason to work safely and control dust, but customer and worker safety are equally important.

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Home Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In an ongoing effort to improve communication with the weatherization community, DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will convey new training resources, recently issued Weatherization Program Notices (WPNs) and WAP Memorandums, and other relevant information in this new feature. in case you missed it

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Home Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In an ongoing effort to improve communication with the weatherization community, DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will convey new training resources, recently issued Weatherization Program Notices (WPNs) and WAP Memorandums, and other relevant information in this new feature. in case you missed it

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Home Energy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

At times, the solutions to our problems are hiding in plain sight. Sometimes the hardest part is taking the time to examine things that we assume don’t need to be examined. Consider my friends the Vetters. I’ve known the family for nearly ten years. Zak’s father, Craig Vetter, is an industrial designer and inventor who gave the motorcycle world the modern touring fairing.

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Home Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

In an ongoing effort to improve communication with the weatherization community, DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will convey new training resources, recently issued Weatherization Program Notices (WPNs) and WAP Memorandums, and other relevant information in this new feature. in case you missed it

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Home Energy

AUGUST 30, 2019

Large parts of North America have suffered from unusually rainy and wet conditions during the past year. The costs of flooding and water inundation are well known and they rank third highest among insurance claims. The impact of moisture, such as vapor in the air, liquid and vapor within building materials or condensed on surfaces, is more subtle. People don’t talk about a moisture bill like they do for heating and cooling bills but it exists and it’s large

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Home Energy

JUNE 1, 2019

What is the home performance workforce and what can we do to support it? This is the question that the new Building Performance Association has been asking itself. When I have asked home performance contractors about the policies and programs that best support their businesses, their answers have changed dramatically over the last decade. In January of this year they told me, “I do not need you to create jobs, I need you create job applicants with the skills I need, ready to work.”

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Home Energy

MAY 31, 2019

We all know the basics of energy efficiency. Air seal high in the building, then low, then insulate. Seems simple, right? Stop the air from leaking into or out of the building. Save money. Increase comfort. Promote healthy indoor air quality (with the appropriate ventilation system, of course). However, when you go to execute these simple principles on a complex house, you find that this black-and-white directive dissolves into seemingly endless shades of gray.

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Home Energy

MAY 31, 2019

Kara Saul Rinaldi manages Building Performance Association’s government affairs team. Her team develops and advocates for policies and objectives that address obstacles to scaling the home performance industry, or that take advantage of new opportunities for contractors in that industry.

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Home Energy

MAY 31, 2019

In an ongoing effort to improve communication with the weatherization community, DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will convey new training resources, recently issued Weatherization Program Notices (WPNs) and WAP Memorandums, and other relevant information in this new feature. in case you missed it

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Home Energy

MAY 31, 2019

Bill Miller was our interim Executive Director (ED) during the merger of Home Energy Magazine and Efficiency First with the Home Performance Coalition, later to become the Building Performance Association. During the approximately two-year transition, Bill kept us moving in the right direction through the loss of crucial staff and other challenges. He did this while working full time as a program manager in the Energy Technology Area at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

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Home Energy

MAY 29, 2019

The 2019 National Conference and Trade Show wrapped up on April 4, 2019, after four full days of workshops, sessions, events, and networking. We broke the record for the number of attendees at this year’s event—1,942 industry professionals from all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and three Canadian provinces

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Home Energy

APRIL 1, 2019

Welcome to this new feature, which will appear regularly in Home Energy. In an ongoing effort to improve communication with the weatherization community, information relevant to DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will be conveyed to the weatherization community. The feature will include new training resources, recently issued Weatherization Program Notices (WPNs) and WAP Memorandums, and other relevant information. in case you missed it

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Home Energy

MARCH 31, 2019

There is cause for celebration this spring for all players in the home performance industry, as H.R. 1315 was introduced in the 116th Congress on February 27, 2019. New legislation that would support training for home performance contractors was introduced in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing titled, “Clean Energy Infrastructure and the Workforce to Build It.” ” Chairman Bobby Rush invited Leticia Colon de Mejias to testify before the U.S.

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Home Energy

MARCH 30, 2019

Dear Friends, Welcome readers and attendees at the 2019 National Home Performance Conference and Trade Show! Have you heard our news? It is with great excitement that we announce the launch of the Building Performance Association

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Originally posted here: What the passage of Article 6 means for carbon markets. The guidelines create rules for the international transfers of carbon credits, a move intended to create more trust in the growing carbon market.

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