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HUD Will Award More Than $100 million in Subsidies for Efficiency and Resiliency Upgrades to Low-Income Housing
Loans and grants come from housing agency’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program
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Heat Pump Mounting Systems
An overview of mounting systems for condenser units and product recommendations
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Hotels Have a Humidity Problem
One book tour, 13 nights, 8 hotels and a lot of data on dew point temperature, plus the answer to the question of why hotels are so cold
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Job Site Heaters
Cold weather construction often requires a temporary heat source. Here are some types of portable heaters and considerations when choosing one.
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Designing Efficient Hot Water Systems
Hot water distribution expert Gary Klein explains five ways to reduce the time people wait for hot water to reach the faucets
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What is a Virtual Power Plant? An Energy Expert Explains.
Virtual power plants are more resilient against service outages than large, centralized generating stations because they distribute energy resources across large areas
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6 Lessons Learned from Living in a High-Performance Home
One builder-owner’s hindsight reveals a few design considerations to bear in mind when building new
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Low-Slope Roof Assembly Failures
A consultant for Structural Research Incorporated reports that dozens of new buildings have rotting roof sheathing
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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.
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Accessory Dwelling Unit Design-Build
A low-carbon, all-electric ADU demonstrates the benefits of small-home living
