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Project Update: Model Home Tour
Energy expert Steve Easley tours a model home built by EnergyWise House builder Dennis Cunningham. The home, which has 50s-era flair, incorporates ... |
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Project Update: Site Grading and Foundation Work
Steve Easley visits the EnergyWise House building site where foundation work is well underway. The site has been cleared and graded, and the ... |
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Proportioned AC
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R-Control SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels)
R-Control has created building systems for walls, floors, roofs, and ceilings. Covered with a skin of OSB (oriented strand board) to provide an ... |
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Radiant Floor Heating and Cooling Systems
Radiant floor heating has been used for centuries. The Romans channeled hot air under the floors of their villas. The Koreans channeled hot flue ... |
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Real Appliance Cost
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Recessed Heat Loss
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Reduce Heating Bills with Energy Efficient Landscaping
You can save as much as 25 percent in heating costs and protect your home from harsh winter winds with landscaping designed to make your home more ... |
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Refrigerator Position
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Renewable Energy: An Overview
Renewable energy uses energy sources that are continually replenished by nature—the sun, the wind, water, the Earth's heat, and plants. Renewable ... |
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Replacing HVAC Systems
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Replacing Refrigerators
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Residential Solar Heating Collectors
Solar collectors are the heart of most solar energy systems. The collector absorbs the sun's light energy and changes it into heat energy. Solar ... |
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Residential Solar Heating Retrofits
Adding (retrofitting) a solar space heating system to your home is one way to combat increasing energy costs and to raise your home's market ... |
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Retrofit Insulation
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Reviewing Energy Efficient Products in the Home
At the Cobb Hill co-housing community, Bob and GC Mark Albee look at some of the energy efficient and eco-friendly products begin used. The home's ... |
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Reviewing the Barn's Air Conditioning System
Bob catches up with Mike Donaghey from American Standard behind the barn to learn more about the compressors. The units are part of the barn's ... |
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Reviewing the Wood Burning Boiler Features
Back at the Cobb Hill co-housing community, Bob meets up with builder Kevin O'Hara who shows Bob the enormous Garn wood gasifying boiler that has ... |
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Roof Framing for Hurricane Safety with Reflective Sheathing for Energy Savings
Bob meets with Brian Redding of the APA-Engineered Wood Association and they look at the roof framing techniques for resisting hurricanes and high ... |
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Saving Energy with Electric Resistance Heating
Electricity is a versatile but precious energy source. Because it is needed for refined power equipment such as computers and medical machinery, ... |
