Tag: Standard
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Highlights from the North American Passive House Conference
Subtitle: PHIUS’s ninth annual conference had great presentations, a look at where the standards are going, and a bunch of the smartest people in building science Images: The 9th annual North American Passive HouseA residential building construction standard requiring very low levels of air leakage, very high levels of insulation, and windows with a very…
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ACCA vs. BPI: The Brouhaha Over Energy Audit Standards
Subtitle: Thirteen organizations ask ANSI to cancel BPI’s accreditation Images: Probably the biggest news I heard at the 2013 RESNET conference this year was that the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) and 12 other organizations had asked the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to have the Building Performance Institute’s (BPI) accreditation as a Standards…