by Jeff Ihnen | May 4, 2015 | Energy Rant
Energy efficiency gets a bad rap, but I shall attempt to slap some sense into efficiency deadbeats. I will start by beating the simple-payback-is-bad dead horse one more time. It may giddyup and run as a result. I am quite certain that one of the things that make...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 27, 2015 | Energy Rant
I imagine the EPA is working feverishly on their final ruling for the Clean Power Plan (proposed under the Clean Air Act), due this June. Meanwhile, many states and one prominent company, Murray Energy, are digging in to do legal battle for decades to come,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 20, 2015 | Energy Rant
About two years ago, I wrote Duct Leakage Chaff, which explained that residential duct leakage is a mole hill, a red herring, a boogeyman. I recently reviewed a report[1] that nails my assertions from June 2013. The program evaluation (residential HVAC tune-up) was...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 13, 2015 | Energy Rant
Last week I discussed the need to simplify energy codes to disallow the variable air volume systems that (1) 95% of design and construction professionals don’t understand from an energy perspective, or (2) require constant babysitting by the other 5%. This week the...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 6, 2015 | Energy Rant
In January, I wrote about code compliance and that while energy codes keep ratcheting down energy intensity in theory, reality is misery. That post was a thinly veiled advertisement for my AESP National Conference session in the Lion’s Lair, and that presentation can...
