What is my house doing to me?

Fall River, MA “Why do I wake up in the morning with a headache?”  “Why is the house so dry in the winter?”  “What are VOCs?”  “Does my house have a radon problem?”  Can you answer all these questions?  When we do an energy audit on a home, we are looking for issues that impact the heating and cooling loads.  But the same tools that … Continue reading What is my house doing to me?

Should a homeowner have control of the ventilation system?

Allison Bailes started this discussion on his Energy Vanguard site.  (Go to http://bit.ly/LRL43Q)  I was going to respond there, but there wasn’t enough room.  I used to build sophisticated controls that would do all sorts of wonderful things, but they got complicated and expensive. You can feel the heat from a heating system.  You can feel the coolth from the air conditioning system.  You can … Continue reading Should a homeowner have control of the ventilation system?