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Integrating Resilience & Energy Efficiency in Existing Homes
This was a topic at national conference recently and a very relevant one. As we respond and react to the terrible tragedy in Oklahoma I urge you to consider what it means to you and your home. The...
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Doing Your Part for the War on Uncomfortable?
These government posters from WWII urged homeowners to do their part, but I think they still apply today, maybe a little differently though. The War is against inefficiency and a fight for comfort....
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Ghosts and other Horrors!
Its Energy Action month this month and soon will be Halloween. In the past we’ve talked about zombies, and vampires , witchcraft, and Trick or Treat but never about ghosts! Armed with ghost...
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What really happened? And is that cabin insulated? The energy audit of 1623.
This image is a classic one, and even though it’s titled the First Thanksgiving, it wasn’t called that then or immediately afterwards. The Pilgrims likely didn’t dress like that nor did the Wampanoag...
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Bird’s Nests and Broken Flues
We are well into the heating season for many areas of the country. And recently we talked about a clean and tune; the annual servicing of your heating equipment. This can be done at any point in...
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What can you do about Ice Dams and Roof Damage?
Even though we’ve had a warm spell, and the Polar Vortex seems long ago winter’s not over! It’s still that time of year that freezing and thawing in many parts of the country means ice dams. We have...
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Cutting edge science! Circa 1891
This time of year our homes are often closed up tight and we can get a little stir crazy by it. Dr. Smith, pictured in the print, subjected himself to this voluntarily, we find out in a text book on...
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Don’t eat your Boots
For those in the eastern part of the country, experiencing record breaking cold temperatures and another round of storms, you may be wondering if the continent has shifted north to the arctic, or if...
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Can you see that? Contact lenses of the future see infrared?
It sounds like science fiction, but having contact lenses that would see infrared might be a great thing for our energy auditors. I’m not sure how soon technology like that will be available, but IR...
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The Things you Find out in the Garage
While visiting one of our locations, Young’s Air conditioning in Los Banos, I had the pleasure of joining their auditor on the discovery of a unique furnace venting arrangement. As you might imagine...
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