Diagnostic testing equipment yields valuable building information -- if users are prepared, and able, to accurately interpret the results.
These diagnostic tools are useful to have in your home performance toolbox. Such visual ways to present information can also help you make an effective presentation right in the home to convince homeowners of the need for energy retrofit work.
Will passage of the Home Star Energy Retrofit bill put remodelers back to work or out of work?
Several competing companies -- some of them franchises -- offer opportunities to help get you started in home performance contracting.
Rising energy costs and climate concerns have sparked a surge in federal and state legislation.