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This Standard establishes the minimum requirements to evaluate a residence with regards to energy efficiency, water conservation, occupant comfort, and indoor air quality.

Website from the U.S. Department of Energy providing consumers with information on saving energy and using renewable energy technologies.

Guide by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships on how to size heat pumps in a cold climate.

Blog article describing considerations for how to use trees for shading to reduce cooling energy demand.

DOE-sponsored report describing the experimental design and results of testing the energy performance of Hunter Douglas double-cell cellular shades under various control schemes in the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Lab Homes.

Conference paper summarizing the relative performance of currently available Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWH) models, the energy implications of different installation locations (garage, basement, or conditioned space) and ducting configurations (exhaust ducting, full ducting, or no ducting), as well...