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Windows Worth a View

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When I read a headline such as A Piece of Glass Thinner Than a Credit Card Could Solve America’s $25 Billion Energy Problem, there is a pretty good chance I’m going to investigate and a lesser chance that I will write about it – but here, we go. The Wall Street Journal article states that double-pane windows have hardly changed in their 100-year history, although I find it hard to believe they existed a hundred years ago. More likely, they are speaking of the old double-hung, rattling windows with counterweights with crappy storms on the outside. Want to see what…
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Champion Elements for Energy and Demand Management Programs

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This is the finale of better than best commercial and industrial program practices – including a summary cheat sheet for program administrators. Energy Analyses Utilities want to build efficiency businesses in their service territories, which is very important. However, few service providers, designers, or contractors are proficient with energy calculations, especially for complex measures. Moreover, they don’t live in our goofy world of arbitrary baselines and will likely determine actual savings or some other goalposts to give their project a better shine. If you have reviewed papers, articles, or maybe some reports, you know what I mean when I say,…
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