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Valuing the role of the appraiser in home performance

Shawna HendersonJanuary 12, 20158 comments

Here's something near and dear to the heart of anyone involved in the home performance industry: how to make energy efficiency sexy, appealing, and properly valued. When you're up to your eyebrows in insulation and you know that you are adding significant value to a house, it's sometimes hard to...

Tags: appraisers, deep energy retrofits, home energy pros, home performance, net zero energy houses, new construction, renovation, residential construction
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A day in the life...

Shawna HendersonSeptember 18, 2014

So I'm researching the background material for our HVAC course, which of course, includes heat pumps. Ducted, ductless, combination duct/ductless. Air-to-air, ground-to-air, ground-to-water, air-to-water. Integrated space conditioning and DHW. Heat pump water heaters. SEER, HSPF, COP. And what comes across my desk but the summary from Home Energy Pros. And...

Tags: boot camp, Building America, Chris Laumer-Giddens, heat pumps, Home Energy Pros, HVAC, Joe Lstiburek, online training, WSU Energy Program
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