Recent Blogs

CRAVING GRAY ON A SUNNY DAY: Graywater Use in LA

Posted by Cassy Aoyagi, FormLA Landscaping, Inc.

Earlier in the year, we looked at the benefits of putting our limited rainwater to good use with water catchment and infiltration strategies.  Now that LA’s picture-perfect weather makes it tough to keep our gardens picture-perfect without irrigation, our teams field plenty of questions about graywater..

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A Home Performance Project, Modeling The House in EnergyPro

David Willson, Advanced Home Performance

David Willson blogs his initial calculations in EnergyPro and makes remediation recommendations. The house gets an initial HERS rating of 147. David's goal is to get it under 100!

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A Home Performance Project, The Test-In Audit

David Willson, Advanced Home Performance

David Willson blogs his test-in audit: a quick walk through with the IR camera, a Worst Case Combustion Zone test, a blower door test, duct pressure test, and lastly a complete sketch or take-off of the house so we can correctly computer model it.

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Residential Programs

REGREEN

ASID Foundation and USGBC have partnered on the development of best practice guidelines for sustainable residential improvement projects. REGREEN fosters sustainable renovation practices and benefits by providing quality resources, including REGREEN Residential Remodeling Guidelines, numerous case studies, educational offerings, a Certificate of designation for green remodel professionals, a green strategy generator that specifies green measures based on project scope and goals and much more. More...