What images come to mind for you when I say 'home energy rater class'? The word class (or classroom), as used here, usually evokes images of desks in neat rows, with students attentively looking at the teacher standing in the…
I love TED talks! Today I discovered this one, thanks to Gary Smith of Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi. I love TED talks! Today I discovered this one, thanks to Gary Smith of Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi. In this…
Yesterday I bought a Flip Video UltraHD camcorder, so you'll be seeing some videos appear on the Energy Vanguard website soon. As a matter of fact, I'm heading out to Carrollton this morning to tape Jason Payne of Structured Energies…
Beginning 1 January 2011, the new Georgia state energy code will require Blower Door testing for all new single family homes. This is amazing progress! As far as I know, Georgia is the first state to go this far with…
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Today I visited my friend Perry, who's buying a hundred year old house and wanted some advice on what he could do to improve it. My first thought, of course, was that he should buy the house with an EEM…
Last week in my role as a home energy rating provider, I had to disqualify a home for the ENERGY STAR label. I hated doing it because it was a nice home and, in every way but one, can be…
I've just finished going over the newly released ENERGY STAR 2011 guidelines for new homes and, as you might expect, I'm happy about some of the new requirements and disappointed/perplexed about others. Overall, though, the program is moving in the…
Whether you're a homeowner looking to get a home energy audit or you're interested in getting trained to become a home energy auditor, you should know that there are only two organizations that offer what you're looking for. One is…
A couple of weeks ago, one of my friends wrote on Facebook, "How many more times in my life will I forget that I am hardboiling eggs?" That got me to thinking about the time my grandmother told my aunt,…
The Home Star Rebate Program makes so much sense that it's one of a rare breed of legislation for this Congress - a bill that's bipartisan! The Senate bill, S.3177, was introduced in late March and sponsored by Jeff Bingaman…