by Shari Bowen | Mar 6, 2023
(2.0 CEUs) A variety of common building characteristics create air leaks. In many buildings, air leakage is one of the largest sources of heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer. Air-leaks can be difficult to find, but they’re often inexpensive to fix. This lesson...
by John Krigger | May 16, 2022
(0.9 CEU; 55 minutes) Storm windows are an underrated energy-conservation retrofit, especially since energy specialists have been installing low-e glass in storm windows. Although there may be some low-e acrylic glazing, glass is really the only low-e glazing...
by John Krigger | May 15, 2022
(0.8 CEU; 45 minutes) Window shading is a vital energy retrofit for saving electricity on air conditioning and for providing acceptable comfort in buildings. This micro course introduces the three most economical options for shading windows. Exterior window treatments...
by John Krigger | May 14, 2022
(0.9 CEUs; 55 minutes) Cool roofs are an essential part of our struggle to reduce electricity use for air conditioning and to keep buildings comfortable during increasingly hot weather. Four videos demonstrate how easy and straightforward it is to take a hot roof and...
by John Krigger | May 5, 2022
(0.9 CEUs; 55 minutes) This micro course provides a good outline and foundation of window performance and the effects of windows on comfort and energy use. The first video in this micro course discusses four different performance factors relating to windows. The other...
