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FAQ: Air Conditioning and High Humidity
Indoor air cools quickly, but the equipment doesn't run long enough to reduce humidity
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Designing Return Filter Grille Boxes
The key is having enough space to minimize pressure drop
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A Closer Look at Concrete
Too dangerous to keep using, too useful to omit altogether
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Understanding Manual J Occupant Loads
How many people? Where and when do they get counted? How much do they contribute?
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Integrating Solar Electric and Solar Thermal Panels
An award-winning system provides electricity, heats and cools the home, heats the domestic hot water and pool, and will easily get this home to net-zero total-energy use
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Blower Door Testing at the New ASHRAE Headquarters
A behind-the-scenes look at measuring air leakage in a 66,700-sq.-ft. building
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The Consequences of Keeping Your Home Really Cold in Summer
Setting the AC thermostat really low can cost you more than just higher electricity bills
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Book Club: The New Carbon Architecture
BS* + Beer hosts share lessons they gleaned from reading this increasingly important book
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Ten Years of Building Science Summer Camp
Highlights from my experience with the Westford Symposium on Building Science
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What Sweating, Beer, and Air Conditioning Have in Common
To understand how air conditioning works, you'll need to know why the sweat on your brow cools you down, while the sweat on your beer bottle warms it up
