May 2010
2 posts
Remodeling After the Flood
Mold in Today’s Homes
Building science and construction methods have changed over the last 10-15 years. Architects and builders now make a concerted effort to tighten-up wall design by reducing airflow, both in the design of the wall system and the type of insulation used. Does that mean that today’s buildings are more susceptible to mold? NO. Mold spores are very tiny and are...
Home Star Energy Retrofit Act of 2010
Please read this news release from Efficency First. This will be great for our industry and the American people who are paying too much to heat and cool their homes. We fully support this and hope it will eventually get passed and put us on the road to recovery in the construction industry.
-Chad
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2010
By a vote of 246 to 161 the House of Representatives today...
March 2010
1 post
Home Star
Take a second to check out this site: http://www.efficiencyfirst.org/about/
It is about the new “Cash for Caulkers” program officially dubbed “Home Star”. This would give a great boost to our economy and help out homeowners in need of weatherization for their homes. This would greatly reduce the bills of people in need and provide jobs for people just coming in to our...
February 2010
5 posts
Three Rivers Community College / Weatherization
I’m currently being trained to teach a class at Three Rivers Community College for people that are interested in entering the weatherization industry. I will also be teaching a BPI (Building Performance Institute) Building Analyst 1 class.
The weatherization class is going to be great for entry level people starting work in the energy conservation sector. You will be taught basic air...
“No great man ever complains of want of opportunity”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Train-the-Trainer
I started a class today that is training me to train others on the weatherization programs available from the state. Today we started OSHA 10 training. I’ve taken gone through the training a few years ago but this was quite the refresher. To be quite honest, it’s inspired me to write out some of more safety procedures that i would like to implement for The Greensulators.
Keeping my...
Status Quo
Lately, I find myself thinking about maintaining the status quo and how to avoid falling into this pitfall. So many of us business owners are trying to find ways to hold on to our businesses. A lot of these strategies include trying the same old ways of business; Print ads, radio……all of the traditional media. The problem for a lot of us is, it’s not working!
I’ve been...
January 2010
2 posts
“An autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived”
– Herbert Samuel
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