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Are you up to the Challenge – the Building America Challenge?

By SLS | Published: January 21, 2012
BA_PartnerSince 2008, hundreds of builders in cooperation with DOE, the NREL and numerous other parties have taken up the Building America Challenge to build thousands of high-performance homes. The end goal is to too help all builders reach the Net-Zero mark by 2030 as economically as possible. Since 2008 the target has been set at
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Air Sealing: Attic Baffles

By SLS | Published: August 23, 2011
no-attic-baffleEver wonder why your outside walls feel so bloody hot during the summer, and oh so cold during the winter?  Well unless you have an older home with no insulation, in many cases it isn’t the actual wall, but a popular cost saving measure that is taken by many contractors – no attic baffles being
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Day 2: ENERGY STAR V.3 Training

By SLS | Published: February 17, 2011
AllisonWell today was the last day for the mandatory class, where we finally went through the final three checklists. We started the day off with a RemRate file & simply told to get it into compliance with the new version of ENERGY STAR. As a quick tip for any fellow raters, do not forget about
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