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We provide energy solutions to tenants, home owners, or large commercial building owners.

03/26/2026

Bathroom, next to the toilet, is NEVER a good place for cold drafts!

03/25/2026

This is why you test Part 6: Air sealing is not my job! The electricians who installed this electrical panel on this commercial facility didn't see the need to air seal the utility lines as they penetrated the slab & v***r barrier. Hence, drafty room & condensate on the floor. Always properly seal your penetrations through any of the four primary control layers - bulk water, air, heat, & v***r.

03/18/2026

This is why you test - Part 5: Field verification. Even high performance windows can under-perform if not properly installed and verified. When snow started to blow in under the threshold and between the head jamb & mullion of these high-end patio windows, we knew we had issues. It's critically important for the manufacturer to properly train the installer of their products. Often, on residential & multi-family projects, framers do the window installing b/c the owner/builder/GC doesn't want to pay for the specialized window installer nor pay for their crews to get trained. When this occurs, 3rd party verification and testing is highly encouraged. Do it ASAP, before interior finishes!

03/17/2026

We welcome John Baumert to the Transduction team! John will be doing to field verification, testing, documentation, & load calculations.

03/16/2026

This is why you test - Part 4: Air leakage testing. Preliminary air leakage testing after the enclosure component has been installed & before final interior finishes have been installed is critical to building performance, moisture management, & occupant comfort. This video shows a HUGE air leak between window framing components in the corner. Building is depressurized to -25 Pa to help pinpoint air leaks.

03/12/2026

Happy Thermal Thursday!

03/05/2026

This is why you test - Part 3, Infrared Imaging. Commercial tenant was experiencing high utility bills & drafty windows. They complained to the landlord (Landmark Group) who said the windows were fine. Infrared (IR) imaging showed the windows had lost either air or another gas (typically Argon) that filled the space between the glazings. Over time, this results in a low pressure vacuum, sucking the glass panes together, resulting in lower thermal resistance, which is shown on the IR images as an oval in the middle of the fenestration. This typically is the result of a seal failure.

03/04/2026

This is why you test - Part 2 - fenestration testing. Recently, we performed some simple nozzle testing (AMAA 501.2) on some storefront windows & found some water leaks at expansion mullions. These mullions have a deep and shallow glass pocket with an internal weep (aka water deflector) at each end of each intermediate horizontal. The water deflector is to keep water from rolling off of the horizontal and down onto the top of the glass, which opens up the chance for water to go into the building rather than down and out (see photos). Long story short, on the shallow glass pocket side of the mullion, there’s not much room for water to get around and down. If the deflector is just barely too tight to the mullion it can act like a dam when flooded by extreme rain. That was the case here. Installation contractor made the adjustments, problem was solved. However, we had to push for this testing. Eventually, this leak would have occurred, months or years down the road at the owner's expense. ⁠
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Fenestration

03/02/2026

"Why do you fight for building code adoption?" one of my employees asked. Last week, we fought the home builders & real estate lobbyists who were pushing a bill to roll back Nebraska building codes back to 2009, 17 years ago. Three weeks prior, we were testing a residential duct system & furnace pictured above. The 2012 and later building codes require this test be done (called total duct leakage). The HVAC system is pressured, and you measure how much air leaks out of the duct work instead of into your bedroom or living room, etc. As the video shows, there is significant leakage as the furnace is sucking air (i.e. the smoke) into the system, bypassing the air filter above the tape. If the building codes are not enforced or if we roll back to 2009 building codes, this test doesn't get done, and you lose 19% of your conditioned air. This is why you test & this is why you enforce current building codes.

02/26/2026

More leaky windows on a chilly morning,

02/25/2026

Thank you to all who showed up at the Nebraska State Capitol to testify AGAINST LB 1134 & LB 1227. LB 1134, (https://lnkd.in/gEXxWNTQ) which proposes to roll back the state's residential (IRC), electrical (NEC), and energy (IECC) codes from the 2018 version back to the 2009 version (2008 NEC). Furthermore, it prohibits local communities (Nebraska is a "home rule" state) from updating their local codes until Jan. 1, 2031. LB 1227 (https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=63656&docnum=LB1227&leg=109) would prevent local communities from adopting or enforcing local electrical or codes that are more stringent than those prescribed by the state and new energy codes must be shown to have a simple payback of less than 5 years. There was a 10:1 ratio of opponent to proponent testifiers for these bills. Special thanks to & Matthew Stoffel of , Jeffrey McCaslin of , Building Enclosure Council of Nebraska, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, & several electrical contractors. We’ve defeated these bills for this year, but both sponsoring senators & the home builders associations vowed to bring the bills back next year. Never ceases to amaze me how much organization & work must be expelled to stop Nebraska from doing something really, really stupid.

02/20/2026

There is a bill in the Nebraska Legislature (LB 1134, https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=63308&docnum=LB1134&leg=109) which proposes to roll back the state's residential (IRC), electrical (NEC), and energy (IECC) codes from the 2018 version back to the 2009 version (2008 NEC). Furthermore, it prohibits local communities (Nebraska is a "home rule" state) from updating their local codes until Jan. 1, 2031. A similar bill was proposed in 2025. Recently, Kansas City did a similar action, rolling back just their energy code from the 2021 IECC back to the 2012 IECC (with some amendments). ⁠
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While a community can have a honest debate on which energy code is best for that community (lower construction cost vs lower operational cost, environmental impact, greater options to meet code, resiliency, etc.) it is NEVER a good idea to roll back the building codes, and especially NOT the electrical code. Each code revision (every 3 years) implements current best practices, fire, structural, and life safety improvements, new knowledge, current building science principles, newer products/technologies, etc. ⁠
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If this passes, high utility bills will be the least of our worries for new home buyers and tenants.

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