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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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Building Science and HVAC stuff

Shawna HendersonSeptember 16, 2014

There is this disconnect in our industry. It's around building science and the ways that all the systems in the house work together or against each other. It looks like this: evaluators and raters know about house-as-a-system and can look at a house and see some solutions and fixes that...

Tags: building science, home performance, house as as system, HVAC, low energy housing, net zero energy houses, new construction, Oil&Energy Magazine, Shawna Henderson
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