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Remodel Budget Loading Order

April 3rd, 2013 categories: D.O.E., Renovators Webinars

Budget Loading Order DOE Test House Rent Remodel As many of you know in 2011 we partnered with the Department of Energy through IBACOS on a dry and hot climate test house located at 440 N. Homsy Fresno, CA. Click here for project overview After 18 months of testing IBACOS recently did a results webinar and having removed their equipment they've turned the...Continue Reading!

DOE-IBACOS-GEE Dry/Hot Climate Test House Results

December 12th, 2012 categories: D.O.E., HVAC, Renovators Webinars

DOE-IBACOS-GEE Dry/Hot Climate Test House Results Greetings PlanetSavers, Almost two years ago we embarked on what became a DOE-IBACOS-GEE joint project to exactingly test certain energy features modeling a dry and hot climate. This Fresno project, along with our Round Hill VA cold/wet test house represent the deepening interest in energy wise residential remodels in light of the flood of foreclosed and previously owned...Continue Reading!

NREL: Initial Data from 13 Cedar VA Hybrid Mini-Spit System

October 10th, 2012 categories: D.O.E., DOE, Renovators Webinars

NREL: Initial Data 13 Cedar Hybrid Mini-Split System (Hybrid = Partly Ducted, Partly Ductless) Greetings PlanetSavers, Tonight we will look at the initial results of 15 days of hot weather in the Cedar St. Lab House.  NREL is monitoring this project and has kindly provided us with loads (overloads, actually) of data. We have the mountain of data distilled down into some useful charts...Continue Reading!

DOE-GEE 13 Cedar Virginia Test House Update

February 8th, 2012 categories: D.O.E., DOE, Insulation, Investors Webinars, Renovators Webinars, Shell Sealing

DOE-GEE 13 Cedar Virginia Test House: Incredible Shell Sealing Tonight We'll explore what it takes to create a workforce capable of producing the tight, performing houses that we'll need to achieve our 2020 and 2030 energy use goals.  BTW, we are not on track to meet them with the status quo.  Finding and training a competent labor force is the second most...Continue Reading!