Increasing Comfort, Energy Efficiency and Revenue by Properly Sizing Return...
Studies have shown that 80% of homes have undersized return duct systems. An undersized return duct system reduces the amount of air flow through the system and may cause reduced comfort and...
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Use Static Pressure Measurement to Pinpoint Duct Deficiencies
For more than 25 years we’ve collected HVAC system static pressure measurements from across the country. Based on those numbers, we discovered a new opportunity in duct system upgrades for HVAC...
View ArticleOur Business Is Changing Very Rapidly!
Our business in N.Y. State is very involved in a program called Heat Smart. They have recently launched campaigns across the state. It is a community awareness program focusing on four things: Envelope...
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Ranking Indoor Air Pollutants
That face above is of a physician, alchemist, and astrologer named Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim. He is deemed the father of toxicology and is better known by the name...
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Sizing & Selecting HVAC Equipment for Proper Humidity Control
The leading causes for moisture/mold problems in buildings are related to envelope problems (i.e., leaks through roofs, walls, foundations, windows, and doors), minor and catastrophic piping failures...
View ArticleAre HVAC Design, Air Flow Analysis, Duct Modification, and Commissioning Part...
As home performance practitioners we can affect the house. We touch every part of the thermal enclosure and can verify that the thermal features of the home are installed in a manner that will allow...
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The 3 Worst Mistakes Home Builders and Contractors Make in Attics
There is an epidemic of people suffering in most of the 100 million homes across the U.S. Many of your customers are living in uncomfortable and unhealthy homes, and are wasting money trying to heat...
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7 Reasons Filters Don’t Improve Indoor Air Quality
Indoor air quality (IAQ) researchers have established that little bitty invisible pieces of stuff that float around in the air are bad for human health. Of course, being scientists, they don’t call it...
View ArticleDon’t Neglect Water Treatment
Much of what Seaman’s Mechanical does involves some sort of process piping using water to move heat from one place to another. Any time you have water you’re going to have corrosion. Which brings us to...
View ArticleAttend Codes & Coffee Live at ACCA 2022!
ACCA’s Codes & Coffee is a monthly webinar focusing on the latest codes and standards issues facing the HVACR industry. This year at the ACCA 2022 Conference & Expo, March 28-30 in St. Louis,...
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