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Fresh Air Ventilation – Why 2 Duct Systems?
October 14, 2014Fresh air ventilation only needs one duct system, contrary to common knowledge. Here’s how.
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Don’t Guess! Diagnose. Corbett Lunsford rocks it!
September 26, 2014Corbett Lunsford of Green Dream Group talks about how homeowners are still guessing about how to solve problems because efficiency programs have trained them Home Performance or weatherization can only save energy. Au contraire!
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Driving a Nissan Leaf – Internal Combustion Is In Trouble
September 23, 2014After driving a Nissan Leaf, it’s clear that electric cars are the way of the future. No gas stations, just plug it in at night. You can produce your own fuel with the sun. Here are my driving impressions.
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One Knob Part 4 – Program Description
September 19, 2014One Knob is an energy efficiency program design that works for homeowners, contractors, program managers, utilities, and PUCs. It only adjusts one thing: payment for saved energy in the form of Negawatts.
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One Knob Part 3 – Hard Truths of Home Performance
September 17, 2014The Home Performance industry is stuck. We need to acknowledge some hard truths before we can move forward. Are you brave enough?
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One Knob Pt 2 of 4 Low Hanging Fruit Fallacy
September 15, 2014Chasing low hanging fruit on energy efficiency programs often leads to disappointing results or unintended consequences. Here is why.
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One Knob Part 1 of 4 – Goals – Efficiency Program Design
September 15, 2014Energy efficiency programs in the US are broken. One Knob is a radical program design with the goals of being results oriented, having true accountability, and leading to market transformation.
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How an Efficiency Program Killed My Business Pt 2
September 5, 2014Last time I shared my experiences with contracting small jobs, and how that sucked on almost every level. This time I’ll talk about my attempt to bridge to subcontracting small jobs, and how I failed at that, too. The Move to Subcontracting When my crew imploded 1/2/13, I knew I had to change something. At […]
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How an Efficiency Program Killed My Business Pt 1
September 5, 2014Utility rebate programs for energy efficiency sound like a great idea. Except when they harm both the homeowner and the contractor. Here is one story of an award winning insulation contractor put out of business by program design.
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Oil Is Dead, and It’s No Big Deal
August 1, 2014The era of cheap fossil fuels is nearly over, and it’s not a green freak argument, it’s economic. We have an easy and viable option to switch to in our homes that uses current technologies and contractors. Find out what it is here.
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$7000 Free Using the Power of Leverage
July 25, 2014By thinking outside the box, we were able to offer a client a $7000 upgrade for free by leveraging savings from two sources. We substantially improved the solution to his problems at the same time. Curious? Read on.
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Using a Thermostat to Diagnose Problems
July 19, 2014Using just a report from an Ecobee thermostat I can diagnose the basics of a home’s comfort problems. With one chart I can see oversized equipment, not a ton of air leakage, and uninsulated walls. Want to know how? Click here.
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