Sometime during your crusade to seal those energy robbing cracks and holes in your home, you're bound to start asking yourself, Isn't air flow important for a healthy home? Can I take this whole thing to the extreme? The answer is yes, and probably not. While it's true that air flow prevents (more)
Problem: Cold, drafty rooms. Many homes - even new homes built to code - have one or two rooms that are plagued by drafts, remaining cold even with the heat cranked. Solution: While the traditional fix is to put on a hat or a sweater (or avoid the room altogether), there are a (more)
This video will give you a idea of some of the deficiencies we can locate with an infrared camera scan of your house.
There's understandably a lot of excitement about photovoltaics, solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps and other sources of renewable energy for the home. We all want to be self-sufficient. It's part of our national psyche. And, particularly for the environmentally motivated among us, the desire to red...
Home Performance is a philosophy and a science based on the premise that homes should be safe, healthy, comfortable, durable, and efficient. After all, homes — probably the biggest investment most of us will ever make — are one of the few things we purchase that don't come with an instruction (more...
Homes burn through a mortifying 21% of the energy used in the United States. A lot of that energy is spent heating and cooling your house. And even worse, a whole lot of that energy is spent heating and cooling your backyard and front porch, through leaks and holes in (more)
