Description
The Saturn Energy Auditor Field Guide details the best practices used in assessing the energy performance of existing homes. Heavily illustrated throughout, it includes specific, step-by-step procedures and instructions that identify the most effective energy-saving measures for a home depending on its type and climate.
Compact and concise, this hands-on guide covers everything from a methodical procedure for auditing and inspecting a home’s insulation to evaluating air leakage, analysis of heating/cooling systems, baseload consumption, and more!
The Saturn Energy Auditor Field Guide has been extensively reviewed by experts throughout North America and is ideally suited for programs in weatherization, building performance, and energy auditors/raters.
Describes the best practices to evaluate and record the performance of existing homes. Includes step-by-step procedures to inspect and diagnose problems and identify the most effective energy-saving measures for a variety of housing types and climates. Abundantly illustrated, this hands-on guide identifies the most effective energy-savings solutions for a home depending on its type and climate.
Compact and concise, this hands-on guide covers everything from a methodical procedure for auditing and inspecting a home’s insulation to evaluating air leakage, analysis of heating/cooling systems, baseload consumption, and more!
Main topics: Energy audits and customer relations; Diagnosing: air leakage, heating, cooling, and ventilation. Evaluating: insulation, windows, air pollutants, baseload energy usage, and mobile homes.
Author Bio
John Krigger is the founder of Saturn Resource Management, and a nationally recognized expert in the field of energy conservation for buildings. For over 35 years, he has and authored publications, developed online training curricula, and presented seminars on energy-efficiency, maintenance, durability, and health and safety for buildings.
John combines years of hands-on energy-service experience with solid academic knowledge. He is the author of 10 books on energy efficiency and approximately 40 shorter publications. His publication, Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings is a training manual and textbook used by energy-training centers, vocational schools, and colleges throughout North America.
John has extensive experience researching and developing training manuals and field guides for energy auditors, energy raters, architects, engineers, technicians, government technologists, industry representatives, and the general public. He consults for national laboratories, state governments, utility companies, and other energy organizations. Besides being an author, John is also a technical illustrator, photographer, videographer, and desktop publisher.
