What's Your Score? Compare your household's energy use to others across the country and get recommendations for improvement using the Energy Star Home Energy Yardstick.
Sometime during your crusade to seal those energy robbing cracks and holes in your home, you're bound to start asking yourself, Isn't air flow important for a healthy home? Can I take this whole thing to the extreme? The answer is yes, and probably not. While it's true that air flow prevents (more)
Problem: Cold, drafty rooms. Many homes - even new homes built to code - have one or two rooms that are plagued by drafts, remaining cold even with the heat cranked. Solution: While the traditional fix is to put on a hat or a sweater (or avoid the room altogether), there are a (more)
This video will give you a idea of some of the deficiencies we can locate with an infrared camera scan of your house.
There's understandably a lot of excitement about photovoltaics, solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps and other sources of renewable energy for the home. We all want to be self-sufficient. It's part of our national psyche. And, particularly for the environmentally motivated among us, the desire to red...
Home Performance is a philosophy and a science based on the premise that homes should be safe, healthy, comfortable, durable, and efficient. After all, homes — probably the biggest investment most of us will ever make — are one of the few things we purchase that don't come with an instruction (mor...
June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
