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What's next in energy efficiency?(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... Over 600 people involved in all aspects of energy efficiency in buildings recently met for the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. This was the eighth conference on energy efficiency in buildings; it was held at the Asilomar...

Correct Spanish content.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... Our company, SpanishTech, provides bilingual marketing and technology integration for the Hispanic market. (Our Web site is www.spanishtech.com.) We were working on the translation of a school district bond and fund appropriation, and we ran into lots of terms related to energy-efficient...

More duct sealing or new furnace?(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... I moved last year into an 18-year-old, two-story town house (2000 [ft.sup.2]). The original furnace is a 2.5-ton gas fired unit with an annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) of 62%, rated two years ago. The house has an electric central air conditioner. An energy audit done in June...

Which way does the fan blow?(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... I have searched everywhere for which way the fan blades turn for downdraft and which way for updraft. No luck. I found several articles that recommend one way for winter and the opposite way for summer but not which is which. I have two Homestead fans and tried to call them but can't get...

Depends on what zero means.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2004... What are "zero-energy homes"? When I first heard this term a couple of months ago, I thought it referred to a home that produced as much energy as it used. At the time, I was building a home and wanted to see if it could be classified as a net zero energy residence. After some further...