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)
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 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, […]
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 […]
LEED Lawsuit Updated, the Better Building Initiative, and some Common Threads
In case you might have missed the news, this Monday, the ongoing soap-opera lawsuit between Henry Gifford and the USGBC was modified. Last Thursday, the White House released its Better Buildings initiative, which is primarily aimed at the Commercial sector. While these two items may seem worlds apart, they are in some ways remarkably similar. […]
Recovery through Retrofit: The Workforce Guidelines
While I was originally planning to do a Clif Notes version of the Workforce Guidelines, that idea was looking less & less likely after hitting two pages of notes. When I was less than 200 pages in & a computer problem destroyed over three pages of notes, the idea officially hit the scrap bin. As […]
Recovery through Retrofit: The EPA’s Part
In case you missed it, last week VP Biden announced the new Recovery through Retrofit program. In it there was four main items that were all wrapped together. A new Home Energy Scoring Tool, Financing, DOE’s Retrofit guidelines, and an often-overlooked one: The EPA’s “Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy upgrades” Seeing that the […]