Jeff
I'm a 25 year construction professional experienced in all aspects of the residential and commercial construction industry.
Homepage: http://www.sacsustainable.com
Posts by Jeff
Building Near a Wooded Area? Consider These Fire Resistant Building Products
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Tags: Construction and Maintenance, energy audits in sacramento, Fire resisitant vents, Fire resistant building products, PCBC new products, Ventilation, Wildland Urban Interface, WUI
Posted in Construction Products | 7 Comments
Can Bill Gates Do for Energy What He Did for The Personal Computer?
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Tags: AEIC, American Energy Innovation Council, Bill Gates and energy, Bill Gates and energy policy, Energy investment, Energy R&D investment, green energy, green energy investment, National energy policy, TheAEIC
Posted in energy efficiency, Renewable energy | 2 Comments
Placer County mPower Pace Program Hits a Roadblock
Sunday, June 13th, 2010Tags: AB811, ab811+sacramento, CaliforniaFIRST, energy audits in sacramento, MPower Placer Program, PACE, PACE programs and Fannie Mae, PACE programs and Freddie Mac, Placer county PACE Program
Posted in AB811, Local Green, Utility Programs | 1 Comment
Anatomy of an Energy Audit – Part 4 Combustion Safety
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010Tags: BPI, BPI Building Analyst in sacramento, BPI energy audit, Carbon Monoxide, Combustion, combustion safety, combustion testing, energy audit, energy audits in sacramento, smud energy audit
Posted in Building Science | No Comments
Anatomy of an Energy Audit – Part 3 Site Inspection
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Tags: BPI energy audit, Carbon Monoxide, Efficient energy use, energy audit, energy audits in sacramento, energy retrofit, Energy Star, green building, Home Performance, home performance program+smud, Infrared camera, sacbuildingperformance, smud energy audit, Sustainable Building Performance
Posted in Building Science | No Comments
The Building Science of Bourbon
Saturday, May 29th, 2010Posted in Building Science | No Comments
AB811 Program – Fannie and Freddie Opposed
Friday, May 28th, 2010Tags: AB811, AB811 and Fannie, Ab811 and Freddie Mac, AB811 and Gerry Brown, ab811+sacramento, CaliforniaFIRST, CaliforniaFIRST and Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, PACE, PACE programs and Fannie Mae, PACE programs and Freddie Mac, Sacramento AB811
Posted in AB811 | No Comments
Energy Efficiency Loading Order
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Tags: Add new tag, Building insulation, Efficient energy use, Energy, energy efficiency, energy retrofit, green building, HUD Green Retrofit Program, HVAC, R-value, sacbuildingperformance, Sacramento County sustainability
Posted in Building Science | 2 Comments
Prop 16 – Is SMUD At Risk?
Friday, May 21st, 2010Tags: June 8th ballot initiatives + california, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, PG&E & Prop 16, Prop 16, Prop 16 The Tax Payers Right to vote, Proposition 16 california, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, SMUD, SMUD & Prop 16, Vote No on Prop 16
Posted in Local Green, Prop 16, Utility Programs | No Comments
Anatomy of an Energy Audit – Part 2 Homeowner Interview
Thursday, May 20th, 2010Tags: ab811+sacramento, Energy, energy audit, energy audit benefits, energy audit sacramento smud, energy audit scope of work, energy retrofit, Energy Star, green audit, green audit scope of work, green building, home improvement, Home Performance, home performance program+smud, HOMESTAR, sacbuildingperformance, Sacramento building performance contractors, sacramento energy audits, Sacramento Home Performance, SMUD, SMUD Home Performance Program, Sustainable Building Performance
Posted in Building Science, energy efficiency, HOMESTAR, Local Green, Utility Programs | No Comments
Anatomy of an Energy Audit – Part 1
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Tags: ab811+sacramento, BPI, BPI Building Analyst, BPI energy audit, building performance, building performance institute, energy audit, energy retrofit, Energy Star, EnergyStar, green building, home improvement, Home Performance, home performance program+smud, Indoor air quality, sacbuildingperformance, sacramento energy audits, Sacramento Home Performance, SMUD, smud energy audit, Sustainable Building Performance
Posted in Building Science | No Comments
Should You Include Home Performance In Your Next Remodel?
Monday, May 17th, 2010Tags: Efficient energy use, energy audit, energy efficiency, energy efficient remodeling, energy remodeling, energy retrofit, home improvement, Home Performance, home performance+remodeling, home remodeling+energy efficiency, sacbuildingperformance, Sacramento building performance, Sacramento building performance contractors, SMUD, smud energy audit, SMUD Home Performance Program, Title 24
Posted in Building Science, Green Building, Home Remodeling | 2 Comments
HUD Multi-Family Green Retrofit Update 5/12/2010
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Tags: Efficient energy use, Energy, energy audits in sacramento, energy efficiency, energy retrofit, green building, home improvement, HUD Green Retrofit Program, Multi-family green retrofit, Real estate, Retrofit, sacbuildingperformance, Sacramento building performance contractors, Sacramento County sustainability, Sustainable Building Performance, Water Efficiency
Posted in HUD Green Retrofit Project, Local Green | No Comments
5 Steps to a Better Performing Home
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Tags: Air Quality, Allergy, BPI, building performance, building performance contractors, Consultants, energy audits in sacramento, home performance program+smud, HVAC, Indoor air quality, Jeff Connor, sacbuildingperformance.com, Sacramento AB811, Sacramento building performance, Sacramento building performance contractors, sacsustainable.com, SMUD, SMUD Home Performance Program, Sustainable Building Performance
Posted in Building Science | No Comments
Water Friendly Landscaping
Monday, May 10th, 2010Tags: California Native Plant Society, drought tolerant plants, garden, gardening, green building, hydro-zoning, Irrigation, Native plant, River Friendly Landscaping, sacbuildingperformance, Sacramento County sustainability, Water, Water Efficiency, xeriscaping
Posted in Green Building | No Comments
