On Monday, I wrote about the new Concept Home Program offered through ENERGY STAR for Homes. I learned about it at the 2011 RESNET Building Performance Conference last week. On Monday, I wrote about the new Concept Home Program offered…
Version 4 of the ENERGY STAR New Homes program is set to be released in 2016, with a transition program already available. I learned at the 2011 RESNET Building Performance Conference that took place in Orlando, Florida, last week. Version…
OK, I'll admit it. The highlight of my week at the 2011 RESNET Building Performance Conference was getting to meet The Energy Avenger. I've been showing a video of him teaching people how to wrap a water heater for years,…
My grandfather, the original Allison Arthur Bailes, was an electrician, plumber, HVAC contractor ('heating & air man'), and refrigerator repairman. In the '70s when I was a teenager, I used to spend a couple of months each summer working 'on…
Yesterday we finished up our first two-day class on ENERGY STAR Version 3 for HERS Raters. We spent the morning of the first day going over the basics - the changes, the transition from V2 to V3 via V2.5, and…
If you read my article last week, you know that most insulation materials don't stop infiltration, although it's commonly believed that adding insulation is the solution to a drafty house. That's only one of many limitations you need to be…
The RESNET conference is coming up at the end of February in Orlando, Florida, and Energy Vanguard will be teaching a two-day ENERGY STAR Version 3 class for HERS raters immediately afterward. Why not combine the amazing learning and networking…
After receiving accreditation from RESNET as a HERS Rater Training Provider, Energy Vanguard has moved quickly to establish itself as one of the leaders in the field. One resource we provide that is unparalleled among HERS trainers is our blog,…
About two years in the making, ENERGY STAR Version 3 is in the home stretch to adoption. Starting with homes permitted on or after 1 April 2011, the new guidelines begin the transition to being fully required by 1 January…
I've been involved with ENERGY STAR homes since 2004, when it was still in Version 1 of the program. It wasn't called that at the time, though. It was just ENERGY STAR. At that time, a home needed only one…