Our clients are homeowners, home builders, trade contractors, Home Energy Raters, BPI (Building Performance Institute) Building Analysts, manufacturers, and governmental bodies. We focus on training, consulting, and design and are a RESNET accredited home energy rating (HERS) QA provider. In addition, we have a broad network of certified professionals who can help builders get their homes certified in programs like ENERGY STAR. If you're a homeowner looking to find and fix the problems in your home, our network can help you, too.
Looking to learn new skills to use in the construction, HVAC, home inspection, or home improvement industries? Want to learn how to help people live in more comfortable, healthful, durable, and efficient homes? Want to live in amore comfortable, healthful, durable, and efficient home? Seeking advanced training as a home energy auditor or rater? Energy Vanguard can help. Spend eight highly-interactive weeks deepening your understanding of the language, framework, and systems needed to make your buildings resource-efficient, comfortable, and durable with Dr. Allison Bailes, president and founder of Energy Vanguard.
If you're building or remodeling a home, do you know how much thought is going into the design of your new HVAC system(s)? Do you know how much calculating is going into the HVAC design? Most homes don't get nearly enough of either. If you want your heating, cooling, and ventilating system(s) to perform well, you need to start with good design. We use the protocols developed by the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), in our HVAC design jobs. HVAC design is more than ACCA Manual J. Most HVAC contractors, home energy raters, contractors and others in the residential construction field know about Manual J.
I took HERS training from Allison in 2010 and passed the HERS test with a score of 98 on my first attempt. As I knew next to nothing about building.
Hint: They were invented to be used in tall buildings.
After a lot of progress in the first year, work on my house has been a bit slow lately. This year, though, I'm goin… https://t.co/NHXRjWBEen
A big loss for the Passive House community https://t.co/tpEL14Z3C3
Indoor air can get too dry in winter in leaky or overventilated houses. So do you really need to run bathroom exhaust fan when you shower? Maybe. Maybe not. Here are my thoughts and data from 2018.
Here's one of my favorite pix from from an ERV installation manual. Yes, that's regular duct tape. As you might gue… https://t.co/QRE5BlYGeH
A tax credit for businesses to improve ventilation systems. Excellent! Next, do homes. https://t.co/2ZAJIstgbo
I downloaded the WHO's roadmap for good indoor ventilation & read through it quickly. Here's an excellent summary,… https://t.co/rj7DYss7km
If you don't know about @TruTechTools, here's a great introduction for you! https://t.co/FkPsEwss5C
The best of Twitter! A detailed thread by @Poppendieck about how to find the air change rate in your house. Because… https://t.co/xcFGn0lejQ
Don’t Confuse Design Temperature With Degree Days https://t.co/aWE1t54a9v << New post in the EV blog https://t.co/JrD3W99KwN
