Dave Robinson wins 2012 Building Performance Industry's Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry. Dave was recognized for his passionate commitment to performing deep energy retrofits on foreclosed homes while training others to do the same...
120515 Assembling Your “A-Team”Assembling Your "A-Team" Residential Flipping and Leasing Tonight we will talk about team building. Building the team to find, buy, renovate and rent or sell the finished products. As you know, I now live 3,000 miles away from most of the work that...Read More.
Fujitsu Mini Split Heat Pump Performance Test 5967 E. Fedora Fresno CAFujitsu Mini Split Heat Pump Performance Test 5967 E. Fedora Fresno CA Gary Richardson, owner of Rare Services Heating and Cooling, performs a series of tests at 5967 E Fedora Fresno CA were we’ve installed a Dual Zoned ducted and non ducted...Read More.
G.E.A.R. Membership Added Value ScreenCastFebruary 3rd, 2012
G.E.A.R. Membership Added Value ScreenCast Explore all the added value features G.E.A.R. members are enjoying! GEE’s invested decades, developing and refining the expertise necessary for successful energy wise house flipping, providing an array of free educational services to our many Green Building partners. While continuing our commitment to provide free information, growing requests for in depth training has lead to our offering an added value service, G.E.A.R. (Green Earth Alliance of Renovators). Constantly developing in content, this subscription membership is available for a $29 monthly fee or $299 annually for greater savings. [vimeo width="800" height="475"]http://vimeo.com/36103709[/vimeo]Read More.
Complex or Simple? You ChooseMarch 31st, 2011
I've spent the week at the annual ACI Convention (Affordable Comfort Institute) in San Francisco. A group of friends were considering "Our biggest take-away" from the meetings. I said I have never seen so much agreement that we need to simplify this new Home Performance Industry or it will flounder before it even gets started. I heard variations of that sentiment from several Utility and Government & Program leaders. And of course that has been my feeling all along. Not everyone put the KISS principle at the absolute top of the list but no one in that group of friends discounted the idea or thought that more complexity would be a good idea. But therein lies the rub. You dont have to set out to add complexity for things...Read More.
110920 Getting Top Dollar On RenovationsSeptember 21st, 2011
Getting Top Dollar Profitable Renovating Ideas You may have seen his presentations at ACI or the 3 part documentary on his own home in Home Energy Magazine. Larry is one who has really lived Building Science, and has since before it became popular. Like me, Larry did real estate and landlording several decades ago and got out of it... until recently when the "Perfect Storm" of opportunity that we have today with foreclosures, lower prices and low interest got both of us to jump back into the game. Larry brings a unique blend of Home Performance to his projects. He knows he can't do everything that he does in his own home. (He lives off grid) Tune in tonight to see what he includes and what he skips. I'll also be asking him about how he...Read More.
120501 ACI National & Sacramento ConferencesMay 2nd, 2012
Affordable Comfort Institute National & Sacramento Conferences Tonight will be all about ACI... Affordable Comfort Institute. We'll focus on 3 areas: Summary of the National Conference in Baltimore Preview of the California Conference in Sacramento (Including hints on receiving one of the Scholarships being offered). The published agenda & list of exhibitors. Preview of next year's National Conference in the Mile High City... Denver. Amy Fazio, Executive Director of ACI will bring a "behind the scenes" perspective on this organization that has grown to be the center of our (Home Performance) industry. Nate Natale, Program Development Manager for ACI will also join us with his perspective on maximizing the value of the conferences that he puts together. Both Amy and Nate will answer questions and are always soliciting input about how to continually make the conferences better and...Read More.
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“You shall be known as a Repairer of Streets and a Restorer of Homes” - Isaiah 58:12
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