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Implementing Energy-Saving Advice Isn’t Always Easy
Learning to live with imperfection
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Allison Bailes Publishes a Book
This reference work deserves to be on the shelf of every residential designer and builder
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A Curb For Your Metal Chimney
Tips for flashing chimney penetrations
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Electricians, Get Ready!
For the next decade, there’s going to be more work than you can handle
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In Some States, PV is Getting Cheaper Than the Grid
A rooftop solar company hopes to build a microgrid that will provide residential electricity at a lower cost than the grid
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Using Salvaged Building Materials
The idea is attractive, but reuse is often hard to implement
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Problematic Roof Designs
Architects and builders keep making the same mistakes when designing roofs
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Four Maine Authors Publish ‘Pretty Good House’
A new book by Dan Kolbert, Emily Mottram, Michael Maines, and Christopher Briley
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Taking My Own Minisplit Advice, Finally
The Energy Nerd gets a cold-climate heat pump
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A Fresh Look at Ground-Source Heat Pumps
Because of their high cost, these systems are hard to justify for single-family homes