Diagnostic Tools- Page 2 of 6
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Calculating Electric Service Needs
Measuring a home's electric demand determines if the existing service can serve additional loads, such as an EV charger
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Concrete-Free Slab House Revisited
A look at how this custom home with an atypical foundation is performing five years after its completion
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Starting on the Path to Better Water Quality
To ensure clean, safe water from your faucets, it must be tested and monitored regularly—just like many other components that go into a healthy home
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Short-Term Indoor Air Quality Monitoring
Does a 1-hour-window look at a building's indoor air quality metrics yield useful information?
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Department of Energy to Own RED Calc
Popular with energy auditors, the Residential Energy Dynamics Calculator is moving to the Building America Solution Center website
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Building Code Meets Building Science
Five ways residential building codes have begun to align with building science–directed best practices
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Water Quality
No matter how it arrives at the tap, water is vulnerable to contamination and requires our vigilance to ensure it is safe
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Call for Building Pros to Try New Energy Modeling Software
Ekotrope seeks residential construction professionals to test its HERS-specific energy modeling rating system in a free trial
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For Healthy Interiors: Avoid These Ingredients
A rundown of building products whose chemical compositions can jeopardize a healthy home environment
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Home Electricity Monitoring
A year's worth of data is informative for learning how you use energy, which shines the light on ways to economize. Here are some easy-to-adopt home-energy-use monitoring tools.
