home performance Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/home-performance/ 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 Buildings Aren’t Permanent https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/buildings-arent-permanent/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/buildings-arent-permanent/#view_comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:48:13 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=buildings-arent-permanent The old shack above has been around a long time.  It still looks good in its old age, but you’d probably have to pour a lot of money into that building to make it useful again. This home looks nice. …

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/buildings-arent-permanent/feed/ 13 Fiberglass Is Still the Number One Insulation for Home Builders https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/fiberglass-still-number-one-insulation-home-builders/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/fiberglass-still-number-one-insulation-home-builders/#view_comments Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:01:31 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=fiberglass-is-still-the-number-one-insulation-for-home-builders The Home Innovation Research Labs (HIRL) does an annual survey of home builders to find out what they’re doing.  The results of their 2019 survey of the homes built in 2018 are out now, and they recently published an interesting…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/fiberglass-still-number-one-insulation-home-builders/feed/ 10 A Shortage of Home Performance Jobs https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/shortage-home-performance-jobs/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/shortage-home-performance-jobs/#view_comments Wed, 17 May 2017 12:44:33 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=a-shortage-of-home-performance-jobs Dick Kornbluth was an insulation contractor in Syracuse, New York back in the 1970s. Then he discovered home performance. It’s really the logical place insulation contractors, HVAC contractors, and similar companies to end up. Rather than doing just one job…

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