Do we need to keep reinventing the wheel?

In 1981 William Shurcliff published Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers for Houses. He was an extraordinary scientist. He received his BA, PhD in physics, and a degree in business administration all from Harvard. In May of 1942 he started working on the Manhattan Project developing the atom bomb. In the late 1940s he worked for Polaroid Corporation where he attained more than twenty patents. In 1962 he … Continue reading Do we need to keep reinventing the wheel?

The Meaning of ASHRAE 62.2

I have been a member of the ASHRAE 62.2 committee (the committee that establishes residential ventilation rates) for more than fifteen years, but I just came to a simple understanding the other day when I was putting together a course for some wonderful weatherization folks in Pennsylvania. I don’t want you to laugh, because it seems so obvious, but it has taken me all this … Continue reading The Meaning of ASHRAE 62.2