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The manometer is an essential tool for checking system pressures. Photo courtesy of Ritchie Engineering Co.

Instrumental Home-performance-contracting Instruments

NCI’s Rob Falke, contractors list their preferred and essential tools

October 10, 2016

The right tools in the right hands can make all the difference when it comes to home-performance services. NCI president Rob Falke and other contractors provide a list of the tools required to be successful in home-performance work.

BPI Announces Jon Siemen Memorial Scholarship Program

Applications for the 2017 scholarship year must be submitted by Nov. 30, 2016

September 23, 2016

The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) has announced the Jon Siemen Memorial Scholarship Program to help industry professionals in attaining BPI certification. The scholarship has been developed to honor Jon Siemen, BPI technical relations representative, who passed away in March 2015.

New Equipment, Same Old Problems

EPA proposes a solution in its ESVI program

Chandler von Schrader

August 15, 2016

Homeowners who have comfort problems often call HVAC contractors. There is a lot of opportunity here, though the road to success is crowded with barriers. But having a way to truly verify the operation of HVAC installations will overcome many of those barriers.

Dominion East Ohio Promotes Energy Efficiency Program

Rebates of up to $1,250 available for energy-efficiency home improvements

August 1, 2016

Residential customers of Dominion East Ohio can save several ways with the company’s Home Performance with Energy Star® program. It includes a home energy assessment to help diagnose high utility usage and comfort issues, and then provides rebates of up to $1,250 for completion of energy-efficiency improvements.

Dominick Guarino, CEO of the National Comfort Institute (NCI), addresses attendees at its 13th annual Summit conference in Savannah, Georgia.

NCI Summit Connects the HPC Dots

Annual conference focuses on implementing three major home-performance concepts

Nicole Krawcke

June 20, 2016

HVAC contractors learned about linking the major components of home-performance contracting during the National Comfort Institute’s (NCI) 13th annual Summit meeting in April in Savannah, Georgia.

Consumers Energy Honors Companies for Helping Households Cut Energy Use

Excellence in Energy Efficiency Awards salute nearly 70 Michigan companies

June 13, 2016

Consumers Energy announced it is honoring nearly 70 Michigan companies that work with the Michigan energy provider to help households lower costs through energy efficiency, making an impact of over $1 billion on customer bills since 2009.

Rob Basnett, president and owner of Basnett Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning in Littleton, Massachusetts (Center), answers questions from attendees during a contractor panel at NCI’s Summit conference.

NCI Connects the Dots for Home-performance Contractors

Annual Summit event focuses on implementation components

Nicole Krawcke

June 6, 2016

The theme, ‘Connecting the Dots,’ focused on three major concepts — lead generation, closing the sale, and delivering products and services — in order to become successful.

EnergyLogic and The Energy Conservatory Launch Game-based Training Platform

In playing the game, home performance professionals can gain continuing education units

May 26, 2016

EnergyLogic has partnered with The Energy Conservatory (TEC) in the introduction of “Game of Homes,” EnergyLogic’s new, free game-based training platform for home performance professionals.

This style of ventilation introduces a small amount of outside air directly into the return duct of a system.

Ventilation a Pivotal Part of Home-performance Installations

Homeowners considering tactics such as air sealing to save energy and money

Nicole Krawcke

April 18, 2016

As home-performance contractors spend considerable time sealing air leakage in homes, much of the responsibility of educating homeowners about the benefits of proper ventilation lands on them.

How to Build a Successful HVAC Home-performance Business

Audit, test, insulate, and verify

Don Rackler

April 18, 2016

At Jon Wayne Heating and Air Conditioning, we have been offering home-performance services for many years. But, how do we do it, and what exactly are we doing?