If you have done maintenance work in the commercial arena, you quickly learn about at least two of the three standard types of maintenance work; Reactive & Preventative. For many homeowners and business, the feeling is “if it’s not broken don’t fix it,” which falls under the reactive maintenance category. (i.e. the icemaker line broke, […]
Safety Sunday: Traveling the Interstates & the Information Superhighway
Needless to say, as the Holidays fast approach, many parents are out cruising the stores, or flying through the mystical Ethernet searching for the newest toys or gadgets which leads us to this week’s topic on travelling. While the two may appear completely different, in many ways the advice is similar, so let’s see if we can […]
Alabama & the RRP: Shafted Part Deux
Interior Designers, Home Designers, Architects, “Consultants” and those already affected by the EPA’s RRP regulation – life just got more complicated & expensive if you work in Alabama. Unfortunately my sentiments after the first Public Comment meeting were correct, but none of the required or promised follow up ever occurred. Amazingly, last night was the […]
Safety Sunday: Toys and your kid’s safety
It’s that time of year again, where everyone is out seemingly shopping for those perfect gifts for Christmas. Unfortunately, for some parents, those seemingly innocent toys can & have turned into a nightmare. So before you wrap up those toys with the required batteries (you did remember the batteries right?), why not take just a […]
Guest Post: Musings on Builder Verification & Certifications
This week for our 200th post, I am honored to do a guest post on Christopher G. Hill’s – Construction Law Musings. Based off the title of his blog, you might have deduced that Mr. Hill specializes in construction law. As an accredited LEED AP, he is also one of those rare individuals that not […]
Safety Sunday: Raccoons, Squirrels & Mice, oh my…
In our latest article, we were reviewing the EPA’s “Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades” and a section came up on pests. Seeing we are now nearing the wintertime, many animals are now searching for areas to hibernate, nest, stash their nuts, and even have their youngsters. Unfortunately, for us – rodents just […]
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 […]
Solar – are we putting the cart before the horse?
Ahhh Solar Power – who can resist the lure of free energy for the taking which happens to also be the golden child of the Clean Tech industry, the government, and numerous other groups? I have been meaning to do an article about this issue for a while, especially after attending the Pickens Plan presentation […]
Let’s Blog Off: Reducing Stress for Thanksgiving
Ahhh, here we go again, another Tuesday Let’s Blog Off. This week’s Let’s Blog Off revolves around “what’s your favorite part about Thanksgiving? If you have a tradition you’d like to talk about, list some things you’re grateful for, a recipe you’d like to share or an embarrassing story you’d like to get off your […]
Safety Sunday: Dust Masks vs. Respirators
In last week’s Safety Sunday article, we covered how to properly care and maintain a respirator, but did not get into how to choose the necessary filter, or when a dust mask might be sufficient. We plan to rectify part of that in this article, but first we are going to have a small pop […]
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