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A Note from Building New Hampshire
Are you ready for retrofit and weatherization? The demand is higher than ever for skilled professionals. Is this an opportunity for you to increase your skill level and enter the new green-energy economy?
Ben R. Cichowski and Michael P. Vogel of Home Energy Magazine have written an interesting article that discusses weatherization and demand for workers. It is worth checking out. click here for more on that article.
In the meantime, in this issue of Building New Hampshire we would like to introduce you to some of the energy professionals who will be presenting at the Building New Hampshire Trade Show & Conference. Register for classes now; we hope to see you there to exchange ideas. You never know how it might make a difference in your next pay check!
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Meet Bruce Bennett
 Bruce is a project manager with GDS Associates and specializes in the energy efficiency of residential buildings. He is a RESNET-accredited and certified home energy rating provider (HERS) under the Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Standards.
Bruce has conducted hundreds of home-energy ratings for candidate-homes for the EPA's Energy Star Homes' labeling program, the tax credits through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005), and for energy-efficient mortgages.
As a project manager, Bruce oversees a staff of seven residential energy-efficiency specialists and home-energy raters. Bruce's team currently supports the implementation of various utility-sponsored residential energy-efficiency programs. Such sponsors include Public Service of New Hampshire, Unitil Corp., NH Electric Cooperative, National Grid, NSTAR, Northeast Utilities, and the Cape Light Compact.
His familiarity with the use of the REM/Rate software is based upon seven years' experience. Prior to the development of the implementation of the Energy Star Homes' Program and the EPACT 2005, Bruce has used the REM/Rate software to model homes for energy consumption and to estimate component-specific energy savings using the software's energy improvement analysis capabilities. Bruce joined GDS Associates in December 2000 and is based in the firm's New Hampshire office. You can meet Bruce and exchange ideas Tuesday, 11-02-10, in the New Hampshire State Building Code Course. For more go to www.buildingnh.com |
 Meet Jon Osgood
energy audits in the North Country before moving south to accept a series of appointments with the Governor's Energy Office. Jon is a Portsmouth native who was educated in West German, Maine, and New Hampshire public schools. He earned a degree in economics from the University of New Hampshire. During and after high school and college he worked in the building trades as a carpenter/plumber/electrician. He has also been a volunteer fire fighter and part-time police officer. Register for the NH State Building Code course and connect with Jon. For more information on the energy-code program and energy-efficiency standards. click here for more.
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| Meet Jack Bingham
Presenter, Solar Hot Water 101
Jack Bingham of Seacoast Energy Alternatives Inc. has been a commercial and advertising photographer for the last 30 years and has had a lifelong interest in alternative energy solutions. His interest became his passion when he linked up with USA Solar Stores and opened his own cooperative in Dover, NH, in 2007. In three years he has designed and installed more than 100 hot water and electric systems for both residential and commercial environments. Jack will be presenting at the Building New Hampshire Trade Show & Conference. Register now and plan to meet and exchange ideas about solar hot water and other energy-saving devices in the residential home-build environment. www.buildingnh.com |
Overview of National Residential
Retrofit Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has tasked the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with developing a suite of voluntary national guidelines for the work and workforce involved in residential energy-efficiency retrofits.
The NREL-led process to develop these National Residential Retrofit Guidelines has involved a historic collaboration among weatherization practitioners and trainers, home-performance contractors, building scientists, organized labor, and other technical experts in the building trades and throughout the retrofit industry. The guidelines build upon the considerable (but until now, incomplete) body of material already in circulation, and the cumulative knowledge gathered throughout the 30-year history of the energy-efficiency retrofit industry.
Once completed, the Retrofit Guidelines will... click below for more:ck here for more |
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Enter your energy-efficient, sustainable building project for the Building New Hampshire 2010
Award of Excellence
Award Categories - Design, Build, and Remodel
a. Under $300K
b. $300K- $600K
c. $600K and up
Deadline for entries is October 15, 2010.
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