education Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/education/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:59:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Uncovering the Secrets of an Old House https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/uncovering-the-secrets-of-an-old-house/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/uncovering-the-secrets-of-an-old-house/#view_comments Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:59:33 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8306 I’ve been in a lot of old houses and seen a lot of interesting things.  One of the things I love about that is trying to figure out the mysteries I find.  Lately, the mysteries I’ve been encountering are in…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/uncovering-the-secrets-of-an-old-house/feed/ 6 The 2018 Building Science Summer Camp in Photos https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/2018-building-science-summer-camp-photos/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/2018-building-science-summer-camp-photos/#view_comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:18:22 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=the-2018-building-science-summer-camp-in-photos Building Science Summer Camp, officially known as the Westford Symposium on Building Science, took place this week.  I’ll write more about it next week, but to give you a flavor of it, here are a few photos from the 2018…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/2018-building-science-summer-camp-photos/feed/ 1 A Home Performance Forum Gets a New Life https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/home-performance-forum-gets-new-life/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/home-performance-forum-gets-new-life/#view_comments Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:26:47 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=a-home-performance-forum-gets-a-new-life The Internet age has made it easy to find information. Occasionally you can find some that’s even true. That’s where it becomes helpful to have someone more knowledgeable than yourself to be able to ask for advice and input on…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/home-performance-forum-gets-new-life/feed/ 2 A Big Difference Between Physics and Building Science https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-big-difference-between-physics-and-building-science/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-big-difference-between-physics-and-building-science/#view_comments Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=a-big-difference-between-physics-and-building-science You can go into just about any introductory physics classroom and you’ll see that the students learn the same stuff no matter which school they attend. They study forces and motion, momentum and energy, electrostatics, and a host of other…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-big-difference-between-physics-and-building-science/feed/ 10 The Timeless Nature of Building Science Principles https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-timeless-nature-of-building-science-principles/ Thu, 05 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=the-timeless-nature-of-building-science-principles Can an article on building science be out of date just because it’s from 2010? Well, sure. If it’s a news article about a program or code or standard that has since changed. But the principles of building science aren’t…

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]]> What’s the WERS? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/whats-the-wers/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/whats-the-wers/#view_comments Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=whats-the-wers Now’s your chance. The inaugural train-the-trainer session on the Water Efficiency Rating Score, WERS, is happening in Santa Fe, New Mexico in just three weeks. Mike Collignon from the Green Builder Coalition has been doing an amazing job getting this…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/whats-the-wers/feed/ 7 A Canadian Building Science Treat for Your Weekend! https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/canadian-building-science-treat-for-your-weekend/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/canadian-building-science-treat-for-your-weekend/#view_comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=a-canadian-building-science-treat-for-your-weekend I have to apologize. I’ve been holding onto a secret for three weeks now, and I’ve just got to tell you about it. One of the best things that came out of Building Science Summer Camp this year was an…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/canadian-building-science-treat-for-your-weekend/feed/ 6 17 Reasons I Love Working with Buildings https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/17-reasons-i-love-working-with-buildings/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/17-reasons-i-love-working-with-buildings/#view_comments Mon, 29 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=17-reasons-i-love-working-with-buildings Yesterday I had lunch with Robert Bean and Eric Griffin at the ASHRAE conference here in Atlanta. As we talked about how we got into the field of building science, I began thinking of the reasons I love doing what…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/17-reasons-i-love-working-with-buildings/feed/ 9 My Passion for Building Science Education and Bad Contractors https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/my-passion-for-building-science-education-and-bad-contractors/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/my-passion-for-building-science-education-and-bad-contractors/#view_comments Mon, 27 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=my-passion-for-building-science-education-and-bad-contractors When asked to name our passions at the conference I went to in Portland, Oregon last week, I had to think about it a little bit. I had just been discussing what it is we aim to do at a…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/my-passion-for-building-science-education-and-bad-contractors/feed/ 24 7 Reasons to Go to the ACI National Home Performance Conference https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/7-reasons-to-go-to-the-aci-national-home-performance-conference/ Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=7-reasons-to-go-to-the-aci-national-home-performance-conference The ACI National Home Performance Conference is only a month away. Even more important, the deadline to get the Early Bird rate on the registration fee is Monday, 6 April. If you work on homes, this conference is for you.…

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