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Tax credits are great, but does your client really need a condensing boiler?
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Can replacement windows live up to energy claims?; keeping basements dry; Florida prepares for global warming; more
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Sun Boost
Advertised as the first solar-assisted heat pump in the industry, the Lennox XPG20 Sun Source Comfort System has a photovoltaic panel that helps power the unit’s outside fan.
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Spot Ventilation
Panasonic’s WhisperComfort Spot energy-recovery ventilator (ERV) is mounted in the ceiling like an exhaust fan, but — unlike a simple fan — it draws in fresh air to balance the volume of exhaust air while also transferring heat and humidity between the two air streams with its “capillary core”...
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Exchange Rate
When outside temperatures are a chilly 32°F, Venmar’s EKO 1.5 heat-recovery ventilator (HRV) uses a polypropylene core to transfer up to 75 percent of the heat from the exhaust to the supply air, says the manufacturer.
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Strategic Air Command
Air-quality standards may require either continuous use or high-volume intermittent use of exhaust ventilation.
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Boston Capital Invests in S.C. Development
Boston Capital has invested in Grandview Apartments, a 72-unit development that is being built by apHumanities Foundation in Charleston, S.C.
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This design uses a gas boiler and solar thermal collectors as heat inputs, and incorporates an HRV into the air handler.
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Snow-melting stair mats; modulating gas fireplace; efficient heat-pump water heater; permeable pavement; sump pump; more