Anyone thinking of buying a house or building one should consider having a blower door test performed. It will help determine the cost of future energy bills. The blower door test is a diagnostic tool ...

It helps you determine what it will cost to heat, and what you should do to seal it up. When Greening Homes did the blower door test on my 100-year-old house before we renovated it, they couldn't even ...

Did you know that the average home has enough air leakage to add up to a two-foot-square hole 1? That’s the equivalent to leaving a medium-sized window open 24 hours a day 1. Most homeowners would ...

You spend precious pennies on your power bill every month. You may not realize pennies are wasted when your home isn't properly sealed. So how do you know if your home is airtight? One way is to give ...

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I would like to perform a blower door test to our house to find out where are the problems to be fixed. Anybody know how much it is this test? Any recommendation of somebody who has the fan and the ...

When HVAC contractors expand into home performance, they often experience a steep learning curve as they discover the new tools they need to add to their fleet. One tool considered an absolute ...

GRABEN, Germany — Ian Jack, of Blower-Door-XXL (Lemgo, Germany), was recently recognized by Guinness World Records for executing the world’s largest blower door test. Jack achieved the record using 15 ...

“There are contractors doing the blower door test already -- we’ve had our blower door for 26 years,” said Paul Tschida, Residential Energy Program specialist for the Montana Department of ...