Originally published on Energy Smart Ohio. By Nate Adams This is the fourth part of this series about a Deep Energy Retrofit on a Habitat for Humanity of Portage County project in Ravenna OH. The first part talked about priorities and budget, the second part showed what we found in … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Smart Ohio. By Nate Adams This is the third article in a series about a Deep Energy Retrofit of a Habitat for Humanity of Portage County project. Now that we have priorities and budget, and the energy audit is complete, it’s time to figure out what … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Smart Ohio. By Nate Adams This is the second post in a series about a Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) on a Habitat for Humanity house in Ravenna Ohio. This post focuses on the energy audit of the home. The first post focused on the principles we … [continued]
Originally published on Energy Smart Ohio. By Nate Adams Here at Energy Smart, we really like a challenge. A deep energy retrofit on a Habitat for Humanity retrofit project? Aiming for the toughest leakage target in the world (Passive House)? Now we’re talking. This is the first in a series … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Laurie Guevara-Stone Talk of building energy-efficiency retrofits usually focuses on commercial offices. But there’s another type of building—prisons—where the non-energy benefits of those retrofits really stand out in stark relief. True to their name, deep energy retrofits generate a suite of deep retrofit values … [continued]
