{"product_id":"measured-home-performance-lew-harriman-9781582229942","title":"Measured Home Performance: Guide to Best Practices for Home Energy Retrofits in California","description":"This report to the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research Program (PIER) helps Home Performance Contractors train their crews to achieve superior results in home energy retrofits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book was updated and expanded in December of 2012 to include the impressive measured results from 15 home energy retrofits in Redding, California that were accomplished using the principles and practices outlined in this report. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Homeowners may also find this information useful, when they want to understand the techniques that regularly achieve utility bill savings of 40 to 70% on an annual basis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This approach-called Measured Home Performance-is different from other means of saving energy. Most importantly, all of the home's energy features are redesigned and improved at the same time, so the synergies take effect immediately. Next, measurements are taken all the way through the process, to ensure that both the redesign and the installation are excellent. Improved comfort and energy savings are assured by high-tech field measurements, taken by the craftspeople themselves rather than by 3rd-party auditors. This process provides real-time feedback to the real decision makers-the technicians who do the work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Measurements of critical parameters like duct air leakage, while-house air leakage, supply air flow at each grill, CO concentration \u0026amp; draft pressure of combustion appliances and superheat and subcooling of the AC equipment make the installation quality-good or poor-are instantly clear to the crews. They can fix any shortcomings on the spot, rather than waiting days or weeks for 3rd-party testing results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Craftspeople measuring key parameters as they work transforms the workplace. Measured quality not only ensures successful results for the homeowners, it self-trains crew members in the field, where they learn more quickly than in the classroom. At the end of every day, workers know when they have achieved excellent results-a powerful motivator that works to everybody's benefit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lew Harriman, Rick Chitwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582229945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582229942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Institute of Gas Technology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Lew Harriman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068651827455,"sku":"9781582229942","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c72329e-1437-494c-a4d2-c362cca9a078.jpg?v=1685420239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/measured-home-performance-lew-harriman-9781582229942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}