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New content
Do I need an engineer? A Guide to Indoor Climate Design Service Providers
How much should you budget for engineering fees for residential HVAC?
Where will your indoor climate system score?
How to "ball park" your budget for indoor climate control.

Built to code: What does it mean for consumer thermal comfort?
Indoor environments: Self assessment
Thermal Comfort: A 40 grit perspective for consumers
The Total Comfort System - The "Un-minimum" System
Thermal Comfort: A Condition of Mind

Do-It-Yourself HVAC - Should you do it?
The Cost of HVAC Systems - Are You Paying Too Much for Downgrades?
Radiant Installations - The Good, Bad and Ugly

Thermal Comfort Surveys - Post Occupancy, Part 1
Thermal Comfort Surveys - Post Occupancy, Part II
 

Popular Topics
Academic Scores due to IEQ
Advice for Consumers: Radiant
Aging: Thermal Comfort & IAQ
Bathroom Fans: Renovation
Bibliography: Radiant/Comfort
Bibliography: Indoor Air Quality
Budgeting: Indoor Climates
Budgeting: Design Services
Building Efficiency Categories
Building Enclosures, Part I
Building Enclosures, Part II
Building Orientation
Built to Code: Means what?
Building Science w/ SEM

Concrete & Embedded Pipes
Comfort: A Condition of Mind
Conduction Animation
Control Valve Theory
Convection Animation
Dedicated Outdoor Air System

Design: Before You Start
Design: Downward heat loss

Design: Sample Commercial
Design: Sample Residential
Design: Sample Schematics
DIY HVAC
Duct Tape: Not for Ducts
Earth Tube Heat Exch.'s
Effectiveness Coefficients
Efficiency: Boilers
Energy/Exergy Efficiency
Engineers: Do I Need One?

Engineers: Residential Fees
Embedded Pipes in Concrete
Exergy & Sustainability
Exposome: An Introduction
Filter Fist-a Cuffs
Floor Temperatures
Flooring R values
Flooring and Boiler Efficiency
Forensic Services
Health and HVAC systems
Heat Transfer: Introduction
Heat, Air, Moisture Modelling
Heated Hardwood Flooring
History of Radiant Heating

History of the HRV/ERV
Human Factors
Human Thermal Plume
Humidity & the Environment
HVAC & Energy Efficiency
HVAC Does Not Equal IEQ
Hybrid HVAC Systems 
Hydronics:Codes & Inspections
IAQ Investigator
IAQ VOC Simulator
IEQ and Energy
IEQ and Health
IEQ and Productivity
IEQ Research
IEQ Self Assessment Form
Indoor climate system scores
Infiltration
Kitchen Range Hoods
LED Lights & Lamps
Lifetime Housing
Mean Radiant Temperature
Moisture Monitoring
Operative Temperature
Paying for Downgrades
Radiant Animation
Radiant Based HVAC Guide
Radiant Cooling, Introduction
Radiant Cooling, Projects
Radiant Cooling, Systems
Radiant Design Guide Level 1
Radiant Design Guide Level 2
Radiant Design Guide Level 3
Radiant Enables Efficiency
Radiant Facts and Myths
Radiant Flooring Guide
Radiant Gone Wild
Radiant History, 1868 A.D.
Radiant History, 1500 B.C
Radiant Mistakes to Avoid
Radiant Theory
Radiant Tube Depth: Effects

Radiant Walls for Retrofits
Radiation Pressure of Light
Radon
Reflective Insulation: Myths
Six Rules for Designers
Snow Melting Storm Data

Solar
Sustainability
Temperature Indices
Thermal Comfort
Thermal Comfort Calculator
Thermal Comfort & IAQ
Thermal Comfort: Endocrine
Thermal Comfort: Perspective
Thermal Comfort Survey Part I
Thermal Comfort Survey Part II
Thermal Manikins: Research
Thermography
Thermostats: Setback
Thermostats vs Skin Sensors
Toxic Homes (CARP)
Under slab insulation
Validating Designs
Water Heater Efficiency
Water Heaters as Boilers
Windows for Cold Climates
Walls for Cold Climates
Zoning a Building Guide

 

Old Stuff: Coast2Coast Comfort Reports - free archived articles
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Human Comfort Factors

Building Envelopes for Healthy Homes

Energy and Control of Radiant Slabs

Proper Windows for Climate Control

Humidity In Radiant Homes

Working with Contractors Part I

Working with Contractors Part II

Working with Contractors Part III

Working with Contractors Part IV

Boilers

A Roman History of Heating and Baths - A NOVA Presentation

Radiant Heated Prisons - A New Zealand Videocast

Healthy Heating Systems.

Building Guide for Older Adults (.pdf guide)

Building Guide Supplement 11 Point Checklist (.pdf guide)

Guide to Hardwood Floors and Radiant Heating (.pdf slide show)

The Great Water Heater vs Boiler Debate by Dave Yates (.pdf article)

Interiors to Design For (.pdf article)

Radiant Walls part I(.pdf article), Residence/Renovation

Radiant Walls part II (.pdf article), Residence/Renovation

Radiant Walls, part III, Steve Ebels Radiant Heated Fireplace

We hold power To help or harm our bodies  (www. article)

The Pain of Not Knowing

Radiant Mythology, 22 Myths Spread Around the Web

Requirements For Combination Heating Systems

Employees in control of temperature and ventilation work better.

ASHRAE Green Guide Tips

Energy Star Program (See Radiant Cooling and Heating Section)

Slam dunk a two point energy swish

 


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