by srmi | Nov 27, 2012 | Energy News
The combustion safety testing part of Chapter 8 of the RESNET standard is being revised and we are wrestling with all the issues raised in your blog post “Questioning Worst-Case Depressurization Testing”. I have sent a link to this blog to the RESNET...
by srmi | Nov 13, 2012 | Energy News
I recently read some legal documents and technical standards that reminded me how much I hate the word shall. Dictionary definitions of shall include: must will can should intends to Why would anyone use such an ambiguous verb in documents that are supposed to give...
by srmi | Nov 5, 2012 | Energy News
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...
by srmi | Nov 1, 2012 | Energy News
Biomass energy, especially woody biomass fuels, is our cleanest combustion solution to heating buildings and generating electricity through combined heat and power (CHP). Unfortunately, there is no powerful lobby to promote biomass heating or CHP. So most people do...
by srmi | Oct 25, 2012 | Energy News
I have followed all the discussions on LinkedIn, and your SRMI blog, on Questioning Combustion Safety Testing and Combustion Safety Testing and Risk Elimination. I am a civil engineer with many years’ experience managing commercial, institutional, and public...
by srmi | Oct 22, 2012 | Energy News
I recently attended the Women in Home Performance (WiHP) breakfast in Pittsburgh at the ACI Mid-Atlantic Conference. Just prior to the conference, Amy Fazio (CEO of ACI) had graciously agreed to become my mentor—mentorship being one of the priority goals of WiHP. I...
