Blower Door Testing for Air Leakage

January 15, 2020 / Comments Off on Blower Door Testing for Air Leakage / Uncategorized If you’ve lived in Florida for any length of time during the summer, you’ve either told someone to “close the door…you’re letting the cool air out” or you’ve been at the receiving end of the same message. Any openings in the shell or envelope of your home, whether big (like an open door) or small

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Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar Dream Come True

December 2, 2019 / Comments Off on Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar Dream Come True / Uncategorized Solar power is increasingly available around the clock as energy storage become more affordable. PHOTOGRAPH: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG/GETTY IMAGES Todd Karin was prepared when California’s largest utility shut off power to millions of people to avoid the risk of wildfires last month. He’s got rooftop solar panels connected to a single Tesla Powerwall in his rural

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What is radiant barrier and how can it help you?

October 2, 2019 / Comments Off on What is radiant barrier and how can it help you? / Uncategorized Chances are you have used a radiant barrier. If you haven’t used one you have certainly seen them in use. That windshield heat blocker that looks like aluminum foil wrapped bubble wrap you see in almost any parking lot? Radiant Barrier. Most who have used them can attest to the difference it can make in

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