by srmi | Jul 20, 2012 | Events / Seminars
Are you ready for the 2013 ACI National Performance Home Conference? Affordable Comfort, Inc 2013 National Home Performance Conference When: April 29th – May 3, 2013 Where: Denver, CO Details: Founded in 1986, ACI is a not-for-profit organization that has become...
by srmi | Jul 20, 2012 | Energy News, Solar Energy
I heard an interesting article on Earth-Sky yesterday. It was talking about solar power energy being available for even poor people. It seems that Africa is showing us the way with Shared Solar power grids. Solar power grids, of micro size, are set up to provide...
by srmi | Jul 16, 2012 | Home Energy Efficiency
We’ve been having a very interesting discussion on residential energy indexes like the HERS Index, Energy Score, and others. Some of the participants are advocating for a more direct and transparent number to present to homeowners that represents the energy...
by srmi | Jul 16, 2012 | AC Air Conditioning / Cooling
Tired of your house always being hot? Nighttime ventilation works well for cooling buildings in many climates, especially in milder summer weather. Nighttime temperature and relative humidity are big factors for determining whether you can use nighttime ventilation....
by srmi | Jun 25, 2012 | Energy News
Writing Words for Communicating We at Saturn have a few rules about words. One is that we describe an item or idea with a single word or term. We don’t use two terms for describing something or one term for describing two or more things. If there are two common terms...