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Guide describing lighting choices and installation procedures in new and existing homes.

Guide describing the uses, selection process, and specification of high-MERV filters.

Guide describing basic steps for designing an integrated collector storage (ICS) or thermosyphon hot water system.

Guide describing how to install an efficient kitchen exhaust fan.

Guide describing how to install an exhaust fan in an attached garage to pull fumes out of the garage and to depressurize the garage with reference to the home.

Guide describing oil-fired boilers and hot water heat distribution systems used for home heating.

Guide describing how to install outdoor air intakes and connect them to the return side of the HVAC system, using controls installed to operate intermittently & automatically based on a timer and to restrict intake when not in use (e.g., a motorized damper).

Information guide describing how to balance air pressure in supply and return ducts of a central forced air system to minimize drafts and help provide consistent temperatures from room to room.

Guide describing how to correctly vent a clothes dryer to direct exhaust air out of the home.

Guide describing proper sizing and installation of high-MERV furnace and air-handler filters.

Guide describing how to install a radon mitigation fan to actively remove radon from the home.

Guide describing how to install energy-efficient refrigerators in new and existing homes.

Guide describing how to air seal and insulate fiber board ducts.

Guide describing how to air seal and insulate flex ducts.

Guide describing how to air seal and insulate metal ducts.

Guide describing use of smart power strips (i.e., Tier 1, master-slave, load-sensing advanced power strips) for miscellaneous electric loads such as entertainment centers and computer stations.

This measure guide describes basic steps for designing a thermosiphon solar hot water system.

Guide describing strategies for purging air in existing steam heating systems in multifamily buildings.

Guide describing the use and testing of programmable thermostats.

Guide describing the split system heat pumps used for central forced air heating and cooling.

Guide describing replacement of a single-speed pool pump with variable-speed pump.

Guide describing how to install ventilation air inlets in open locations at a safe distance from potential air contamination sources.

Guide describing condensing clothes dryers, which have a secondary heat exchanger and do not require exterior venting.

Guide describing how to install a radon-mitigating vertical ventilation pipe in new and existing homes with various types of house foundations.

Anytime: Equipment Upgrades

High-Efficiency Lighting

High-MERV Filters

Integrated Collector Storage Solar Water Heater

Kitchen Exhaust Fans

Mechanical Ventilation for Attached Garage

Oil-Fired Boilers

Outdoor Air Intake Damper Controlled

Pressure Balancing Supply and Return Ducts in Existing Homes

Proper Clothes Dryer Venting

Proper Installation of Furnace and Air-Handler Filters

Radon Fan

Refrigerators

Sealed and Insulated Fiber Board Ducts

Sealed and Insulated Flex Ducts

Sealed and Insulated Metal Ducts

Smart Power Strips

Solar Hot Water Heater Thermosiphon

Steam System Balancing for Multifamily Existing Buildings

Thermostat Controls

Traditional Split Heat Pumps

Variable-Speed Pool Pumps

Ventilation Air Inlet Locations

Ventless (Condensing) Clothes Dryers

Vertical Radon Ventilation Pipe