What States and Cities are Doing to
Help Small Businesses
While Washington debates how to help the country’s
struggling small businesses, states and municipalities have
stepped up with an array of initiatives to stanch closings
and save jobs.
The local approaches are as varied as subsidizing wages for
new hires, running a $100,000 regional business-plan
competition and giving out grants to help small
manufacturers reposition themselves. Some states and cities
are using federal stimulus dollars, and others are mixing
federal, state and private dollars. ...
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Is Your House Making You Sick?
Adding more insulation without duct sealing and air sealing
is like putting icing on a mud pie. A poorly sealed Air
Distribution System (ADS) wastes money and contributes to
unhealthy air in the home. The lost air due to ADS leakage
is from 20% to 50%. Research suggests that 75% of heat pump
problems can be attributed to leaky ducts. The remaining 25%
can be attributed to poor insulation. Sealing your duct work
and air handler not only saves money and conserves energy,
but also improves...
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Apple Blossom Insulators Joins U.S.
Department of Energy as partner in new Builders Challenge -
National building performance program to feature new E-Scale
Apple Blossom Insulators joined today with U.S. Department
of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman as part of a new national
energy-saving initiativeâ€"the U.S. Department of Energy's
Builders Challenge...
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Save up to 40% on your energy bill
with the latest in energy-efficient, eco-friendly insulation
The technology employed in building
and sustaining energy-efficient homes has advanced
dramatically during the past few years. Simultaneously, with
population and resource consumption numbers at record
levels, the demand for environmentally friendly, "green"
building materials has increased as homeowners become more
educated about the importance of energy conservation and the
potential health benefits associated...
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The Basics of a Zero Net Energy Home
The basic of a zero net energy home is that its produced
energy is equal to or greater than it consumes. The ability
of the house to be zero-energy is primarily dependent on
three elements: Advanced shell design, Super high efficiency
heating system, & Photovoltaic power generation...
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Energy Efficiency: Don't "Duct" Your
Responsibility
You'd think twice about putting a new engine into an old
car, right? Unfortunately, many households don't take this
same approach when it comes to their heating and cooling
systems. They purchase new, high-efficiency heating and
cooling equipment and then attach it to a clunker of a duct
system. The equipment may heat and cool the home, but the
system never performs at its full potential. The fact is,
many forced air duct systems are clunkers. They leak, are
poorly-designed and inadequately insulated. This is a big
problem since central air conditioners, heat pumps and
forced air furnaces rely on these systems to circulate air
throughout your home. Poorly-performing ducts can reduce
your system's efficiency by ...
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Beyond the R-Value
When the "Energy Crisis" of the 1970's sent home heating and
cooling costs soaring, demand for building insulation rose
right along with the prices of oil, gas, and electricity.
As often (unfortunately) happens when demand for a product
increases suddenly and dramatically the promise of fast and
easy profits occasionally led to fast and easy sales and
marketing practices by some insulation sellers. Eventually
the claims and confusion in the insulation market became so
extreme the Federal Trade Commission instituted "The R-Value
Rule." This regulation placed clear limitations on the
claims and statements manufacturers and marketers can make
about insulation products and the energy savings they may
produce.
The regulation is called "The R-Value Rule," because it is
based on a mathematical term known to engineers as "The
R-Factor"
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Is Your House Making You Sick?
Apple Blossom Insulators Joins U.S. Department of Energy as
partner in new Builders Challenge - National building
performance program to feature new E-Scale
Save up to 40% on your energy bill with the latest in
energy-efficient, eco-friendly insulation
The Basics of a Zero Net Energy Home
Energy Efficiency: Don't "Duct" Your Responsibility
Beyond the R-Value |
