by Rob Minnick Finding, hiring, and training the right people well is one of the most important investments of time and money any business owner can make. Rushing through the hiring process or leaving any of the stages incomplete will lead to more work in the future—either because you’re...
by Walter Yakabosky In many parts of the country, energy efficiency programs are not delivering energy savings as promised. There are several factors that may explain this, and I’m sure we can debate most of them, but there is one factor that is not debatable—buildings do not use energy;...
by Cory Chovanec Completing weatherization and home performance upgrades can be dirty work. Add the challenges of being in occupied homes, and you have one of the toughest jobs in the industry! The type of dust created during energy upgrades ranges from a substantial nuisance...
By Xavier “Zave” Walter From February 17 th to 19 th , I attended the 3rd annual HVAC/R Training Symposium in sunny Clermont, Florida. The event was sponsored by ACCUTOOLS and TruTech Tools and hosted by Brian Orr , co-founder and president at Kalos Services. Participants...
by Jeremy Begley This article is part of our image-based series “Don’t Do That, Do This.” In this series, we share images of green building and home performance techniques that could have been implemented better using best practices—from improper insulation and installation to not...
Last month, we started this new image-based series “Don’t Do That, Do This.” In this monthly post, we’ll be sharing images of green building and home performance techniques that could have been implemented better using best practices—from improper insulation and installation to not meeting...
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by Evelyn Long Contract disputes and friction may seem inevitable during building performance projects. Professionals cannot anticipate every personality they work with. However, taking the necessary steps at the beginning of a contract to manage the client’s expectations can set both...
If you’re in the home and building performance industry, you’ve likely seen some things that made you scratch your head and wonder, “What were they thinking?” You’ll be glad to know that you’re not alone. The good news is that if you’ve seen something installed incorrectly or inefficiently, you...
by Tom Phillips Households often have lingering cooking smells in their homes and even grease and soot deposits on their walls and furnishings—but they often don’t know those things are health hazards. When folks use low-cost particle sensors or just their sense of smell to test their home...
By Bob Pfeiffer This is part two of Retrofitting Manufactured Homes. You can read part 1 here . The duct-sealing/distribution repair programs Slipstream delivers are production-based. That means we don’t need exhaustive, time-consuming testing. Our preferred method is to take pressure...