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Let’s Blog Off Anniversary, SWAG, Random Thoughts and the Future

In just a little over a year, there have been a total of 29 “Let’s Blog Offs” ranging from topics like Shoe Shaped Bath Tubs, to writing you’re own Obituary’s & for this anniversary Blog Off, everyone is asked; What will your life look like in 20 years? To some extent, this feels a little […]

Daily5Remodel: Old Home Renovations

As seen on Daily5Remodel: If I had to choose my favorite project to date, it would be this 1879 renovation. My first thoughts were, Ummm, wow, this ought to be interesting. There was vinyl siding on the exterior, one floor was about ready to collapse, an addition had sunk six inches, water was flowing back […]

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 9 Baseload aka Appliances & Lighting)

As listed in the first article in this series, many industry experts were asked to perform a technical review of the updated Workforce Guidelines and we are combining both the review & a Clif Notes version of the standards together. HTRC Series: Combustion Safety, Ventilation, Air Sealing, Heating & Cooling, Insulation, Crawl Space & Basements, […]

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 8 aka Crawl Spaces & Basements)

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 7 aka Insulation)

As listed in the first article in this series, many industry experts were asked to perform a technical review of the updated Workforce Guidelines and we are combining both the review & a Clif Notes version of the standards together. It appears that I did make one mistake earlier & that was saying that the […]

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 6 aka Heating & AC)

As listed in the first article in this series, many industry experts were asked to perform a technical review of the updated Workforce Guidelines and we are combining both the review & a Clif Notes version of the standards together. Now I must state that while I am knowledgeable about this topic, this is my […]

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 5 Air Sealing)

As listed in the first article in this series, many industry experts were asked to perform a technical review of the updated Workforce Guidelines. As we had also mentioned before, while we wanted to create a Clif Notes version when we reviewed the original one, we had some technical issues, so with this new draft, […]

Safety Sunday: Heat Stress

From one contractor “We’ve had too many injuries lately…” to it “has been in the hundreds for about 3 weeks now. I collapsed on the jobsite… I always thought it was dudes being babies, but when you can’t lift a hammer out of your pouch and your legs fold up like noodles then you know […]

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 4 aka Ventilation)

Welcome to the largest topical section of the National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines (oops it is the second – sorry), weighing in at 74 pages (by contrast the entire Mechanical Codes that apply to this, HVAC, etc… found in the IRC comes in at 38 pages). In case you don’t know why we are doing this […]

The National Retrofit Workforce Guidelines: Round 2 (Section 1- 3)

Per an email received from Steve Baden of RESNET & I posted on the Best Practices (Residential) group on Home Energy Pro’s… The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) developed a draft Workforce Guidelines for Home Energy Upgrades with the goal to foster the growth of a high-quality home energy efficiency industry and a skilled and […]