by srmi | Sep 17, 2013 | Energy News
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...
by srmi | Sep 7, 2013 | Energy News
Foundation Moisture Problems Many brand new homes have foundation moisture control problems even though these problems are easy to prevent during construction. The moisture problems include the following. Crawl spaces and basements become moisture sources by leaking...
by srmi | Aug 27, 2013 | Energy News
Dampproofing and Waterproofing for Foundations For basements and crawl spaces, install dampproofing, waterproofing, capillary breaks, insulation, and drains as soon as possible so that rain during construction doesn’t create moisture problems in the new home....
by srmi | Aug 18, 2013 | Energy News
Irrational Exuberance about Heat Pumps The Passive House and Net-Zero movements have spawned some irrational exuberance about heat pumps. When you build a home that requires less than 5 BTU/hr per square foot of floor space, you can often heat and cool it with...
by srmi | Jul 8, 2013 | Energy News
Characteristics of H2O A molecule of water contains two relatively small hydrogen atoms and one relatively large oxygen atom composing the compound with the chemical name H2O. Water is the only common substance that we encounter in all three of the states of matter:...
