Feb 28, 2025 | Dr. Energy |
Clearing the Air Residential Ventilation- Part 2: Local Exhaust, Make-up Air, and Combustion Air Part 1 of this discussion on residential ventilation highlighted the need for proper ventilation in energy-efficient homes to maintain indoor air quality by removing...
Feb 28, 2025 | Dr. Energy |
Clearing the Air Residential Ventilation – Part 1: Infiltration, Exhaust, Definitions, Codes, and Calculations Buildings Are Tighter than in the Past Modern codes and construction practices create tighter homes, saving energy, enhancing comfort, and potentially...
Feb 12, 2025 | Dr. Energy |
PUT ON YOUR ENERGY GLASSES Modern construction typically includes many different trades who each contribute unique skills toward the construction of new buildings. To start, one team will form and pour the foundation. Once those forms have been stripped, a second team...
Jan 14, 2025 | Dr. Energy |
Challenges in Energy Code Compliance This blog post further explores the importance of energy code compliance. A continuation of our last post here if you missed it, we dive into the key components involved and the steps necessary to achieve compliance. General...
Jul 17, 2024 | Dr. Energy |
2021 IECC & IRC: Duct Sealing True or False: Duct sealing is not important when the duct is inside the thermal envelope, as there is no leakage to outside. Hopefully your response is False. Over the past several years, Mitch Richardson with Building Science West...
Aug 4, 2022 | Dr. Energy |
Application of the building science principles of heat transfer indicates that Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems located in unconditioned attics are inefficient, typically increasing energy usage by 25 to 50%. Conventional wisdom is that...
