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An overview of four different approaches to online learning, from 'quick and dirty' to not quick and very detailed. Includes a graphic showing Blue House Energy's process for developing training.

The Blue House Energy team works remotely, we are hunkering down, here are some good biz practices from CHBA.

A top level decision tree for standard energy upgrades, deep energy retrofits and Net Zero Energy renovations.

Blue House Energy has developed a training path for Energy Advisors. Choose from a full training program to study packages.

So it's #IWD2020. As usual, I am dreaming big, fighting hard and persisting.

Building science is the key to healthy indoor environments. The house is a dynamic system, the neutral pressure plane (NPP) is driven by stack effect and changes depending on wind and outside temperatures. This article explores why it’s important to understand the NPP, how it affects occupant health and safety, and what can be done to stabilize it.

This series of articles looks at the fundamentals of building science and how you apply them in diagnosing the conditions that are affecting the performance of a building. Building science is the key to healthy indoor environments. The house is a dynamic system, the neutral pressure plane (NPP) is driven by stack effect and changes depending on wind and outside temperatures. This article explores why it’s important to understand the NPP, how it affects occupant health and safety, and what can be done to stabilize it.

The need for more Energy Advisors is growing. Learn what they do and how to get certified from the building science experts at Blue House Energy.

OK, so, we use a lot of energy. It takes energy to make energy. It takes energy to transport fuel, it takes energy to make the vehicles and devices that transport fuel, it takes energy to turn fuel into energy and it takes energy to distribute energy and fuel. Energy is also wasted all along the path.

Atlantic Canada home builders, designers, energy advisors, and other industry players: get your high-performance housing questions answered at LEEP forums in February 2020.

Atlantic Canada home builders, designers, energy advisors, and other industry players can take advantage of a nationally supported process and a new costing tool to delivery high performance housing.

There are some myths about tight building envelopes and healthy indoor environments that keep popping up. One of the big ones: houses need to breathe. Guess what? They don’t. Learn 5 rules that debunk this myth.

It's part of a great series put on by Passive Buildings Canada called 'Boots on the Ground'. This video is from August 2019, featuring one of our fave building science geniuses, Peter Amerongen.

Residential energy efficiency has been a thing in Canada for a long time, but it’s voluntary status has left us with uneven training paths.

Energy retrofits are an important part of greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Find out more with Blue House Energy’s overview & skills checklist.