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Starting in the mid-2000s, the California Energy Commission funded several research studies (for example, Price, et al., 2007, and Offermann, 2009) that aimed to evaluate the potential indoor air quality (IAQ) impacts associated with envelope air sealing, and the potential to mitigate these through the use of mechanical ventilation systems. These studies found (1) that a majority of the households in new California homes reported not opening windows regularly for ventilation in some seasons, and...
We wrapped up the 2019 National Conference & Trade Show on April 4, 2019, after four full days of workshops, sessions, events, and networking! As many of you have heard, 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.......
Since the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Home Performance with ENERGY STARｮ (HPwES) program initiated its HPXML – supported Express Contract workflow in 2015, nearly 8,500 projects have been completed. The approval time for the majority of home performance projects, which before the implementation of Express ......
Wednesday was another rich day of inspiration and connection. My brain is nearly full. When you read this, I will likely be on the plane flying from Chicago back to Oakland; where I will have some time to digest it all. There are more sessions this morning though if you ......
Check out that title! Monday, we were HPC, Tuesday we are a new association made up of three organizations, HPC, Home Energy, and Efficiency First, called the Building Performance Association. It’s been a change a long time coming, but seems like it’s happening all at once. ......
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% i...