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Energy Conservation Retrofits for Existing Houses & Duplexes
My goal is to help a non-profit organization acquire and remodel houses for use as transitional housing or supportive housing.
For our purposes, most of these will be "slightly above average" in terms of construction quality and general condition, located in suburban neighborhoods. Convenient access is necessary; not all residents will drive automobiles, so public transportation -- bus or taxi -- is necessary.
There are said to be many sources, but if you can post a website address or other contact information and a paragraph or so describing who or what might be the answer to this question, it may produce a valuable bibliography for others.
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Comment by David Karabelnikoff on February 7, 2011 at 11:25pm -
There is a life cycle costing program from Cananda called RETscreen it gives you windows people an additional tool life cycle costing in the ms office environment.
This is what the cold climate housing research center does, Jure is an expert in this but more familar with European "heavy" building design.
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Comment by Gary Newman on January 28, 2011 at 11:22pm -
this comment has been posted for some months, but maybe this is still relevant.
Lots of options and opportunities depending on the individual housing stock. As a former energy auditor and weatherization expert, it really takes some expertise to get the biggest bang for the investment unless you get training. You might try the Alaska Housing Finance Corps Energy Rating program to get the services of a certified energy rater/auditor or even become one.
Also, the UAF Cooperative Extension Service has numerous publications as does the Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Hope this gives you a start. If you are related to Kenny K., please convey my best, always lovely to play music with him.
Gary Newman
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