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Having a good way to measure efficiency is valuable to the home performance industry for many reasons. Until recently though, measuring energy efficiency has been easier said than done. Fortunately,…

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There are always positive and negatives sides of every story. We ask this questions again: should we be driving the home performance industry to focus on promoting health benefits as…

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Our Executive Director, Charley Cormany lives and works in Sonoma. In last months blog, he recounted his experience with the Northern California wildfires. During the fires and the dealing with…

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Sonoma Fire

When there is a wildfire the air quality suffers greatly. Unfortunately, people affected by the Northern California fires had to learn about PM2.5 and N95s ratings on face masks. Perhaps…

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Should the home performance industry be driving a focus on promoting health benefits as a way to stimulate growth and potentially spur market transformation?

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Performing a residential energy audit can be time-consuming and not always get you a new client. Are you giving away a service for free?

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The combination of the reduced cost of solar panels along with advances in energy efficiency means the potential for ZNE is growing more attractive.

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It’s time to embrace the future and stop relying on “fire” as the go to energy solution in our homes. How can we ensure the homeowner’s safety, save utilities money,…

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The energy efficiency industry in California is tangled with regulation. How can this regulation be better enforced, without wasting time and money?

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What a dream job should look like

The California Home Performance industry is starving for workers. How did we get here and what are we going to do about it?

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