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We Passed the Test (Energy Efficiency is Guaranteed)

Posted by abanks on Sep 18, 2011 in Blog, Building The Homearama House | 0 comments

Imagine you were in school, went to class daily but never had a test. You would never really know how well you were doing, right? This week, Evans Coghill’s Homearama house had its test (really it was more like a final exam). This week Environments for Living inspector, Dan Stancil, came to perform the test. The test was to verify that everything we had done to maximize the energy efficiency was done correctly. The first test, the blower door test, measures the amount of air leakage into a home. A very minimal amount of air intrusion is acceptable. Amounts beyond that are not acceptable...