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Heat Pump or Furnace: Which is Better for Comfort?
It is a matter of distribution rather than air temperature
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Should You Encapsulate Your Crawlspace?
Considerations include bulk water management and combustion appliances
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Reasons Electrical Panels Rust
Building diagnostics help determine the causes of corrosion in electrical boxes
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Getting Started with Static Pressure Measurements, Part 2
How to determine a ducted HVAC system's sources of airflow restriction and subsequent pressure drops
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What a Carbon Dioxide Monitor Tells You
Monitoring indoor CO2 levels provides insight into a space's ventilation efficacy and indoor air quality
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What’s the Deal With Exfiltration?
Understanding why and how conditioned air exits a building is important for diagnosing performance problems
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Getting Started with Static Pressure Measurements
Understanding how static pressure affects a forced-air HVAC system can help optimize its performance
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What Happens to Used Electricity?
Electricity gets converted to heat, most of which stays inside the house
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The Impact of Wind Washing on Insulation R-Value
Defining airflow pathways is key to maintaining an insulation material's thermal resistance capacity
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Undersized Heat Pump in an Arctic Blast
A heat pump's capacity to keep the house warm during an extreme cold weather event
