The only thing worse than discovering your home has been water damaged is realizing that the damage has increased exponentially through mold. In less than two days, mold can begin to form in the recesses of your house after even minor water damage. Preventing Mold After Water Damage requires that you take immediate action to …
We’ve been dealing with the ASHRAE ventilation standard for a while. 62-89 goes way back. We used that one for a long time, and it worked well enough. After we taught our students how to use 62-89, they could understand it and implement it. Then came 62.2. We first wrote about 62.2-2010 in this blog back in …
It was a bit chilly in Helena, Montana the other day. A cold front from Canada combined with clear skies to take the temperature down to 3°F. Great conditions for frost. Not Robert Frost the American poet. I’m talking about hoar frost. When conditions are the way they were last night, hoar frost forms on …
John Krigger has practiced home performance and energy efficiency for more than 30 years. Over that time he’s collected a lot of research papers and articles.. We were doing some house cleaning recently and came across some of these older articles and papers in a filing cabinet. Many of them date back to the early …
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Saturn is proud to announce that standard, RV168-PH.2015/xt-27, Performance Based Approach to Specifying Reasonable Ventilation for Occupied and Unoccupied Residential Buildings, also known as PBASRVOURB, is now available for public use. Created by an elite group of subject matter experts, this new standard specifies methods for determining acceptable ventilation for residential buildings. In development for …
I routinely field calls from potential customers asking about our online Energy Auditor course. I’m asked questions like: How hard is the course? Is there lot of math? How long is the course? How much study time will I have each week? I provide answers like; That depends on you and your study skills. There is …
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Over lunch a few days ago I stopped by the hardware store and picked up a Pro-Lab do-it-yourself, short-term radon gas test kit. Cost was $12.99 with $30 paid later for analysis. The kit was hanging next to other DIY test kits. Asbestos, lead, long term radon, radon in water, bacteria in water, and carbon …
A Carbon Footprint Infographic from NOVATEC S.A – by Cristian Fernandez Arquitectos A look inside the carbon footprint of a new building Installation / finishing Interior construction Structural Work SiteWork
The seasons are heading into fall. It gets cool at night, but the temperature still climbs to plenty warm during the day. Here in Helena, Montana, we’re dropping down to the low 40s and upper 30s in the evenings and climbing up to the upper 70 and sometimes even the upper 80s! So you start …
Replacing windows in your home or business could save you energy but be sure to shop for the right kinds of windows. Choose style, materials, and installation processes that will help with Energy Savings. This infographic from the Federal Trade Commission provides some handy facts for consumers.