Pure Energy News - Top Stories
Always Separate the Attic from the Living Space by Air Sealing. WHY?
Q & A with A. Tamasin Sterner
Lancaster, PA | March 19, 2012
Q. Why does the Home Performance Industry and every program make it the top priority to fully separate attics from living spaces? Why is it so important to keep attic air out of the house and house air out of the attic? What can happen if the attic isn't fully air sealed from the living space?
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Howard University is Biggest Energy Loser in DC Campus Competition
Head Coach A. Tamasin Sterner Helps College Students Cut Energy Use by an Average 7% on 3 DC Campuses
Washington DC | March 7, 2012
Washington, D.C., March 7, 2012 – In its first campus energy competition, Howard University students reduced overall energy use by
14% in its participating dorms, out-saving fellow competitors at American and George Washington Universities in the Alliance to Save Energy’s
“D.C. Campus Challenge: How Much Can You Power Down?” competition...
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Washington DC Green Dorms Competition
Pure Energy Helps DC Area Dorms Go Green
Washington DC | October 19, 2011
In the months of September and October, 2011, A. Tamasin Sterner, President and Chief Coach of Pure Energy Coach LLC spent 30 hours with students from three DC universities to teach them about energy auditing. The students are participating in a Green Dorms Energy Competition. Students from Howard University, George Washington University, and American University are being supported by The Alliance to Save Energy to find ways to reduce energy use in their dorms.
About CO Levels
A Letter from Michelle Deller
Lancaster, PA | October 6, 2011
Hello Mr. Robinson,
I'm writing in regards to the article you published on October 3rd regarding CO levels in households, and in particular the incident that happened in Lancaster City. As the Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board, we recently sponsored trainings for Energy Auditors and Heating Professionals (holding certification through the Building Performance Institute, a nationally recognized industry standard). Through this training individuals received the knowledge for detecting and alerting homeowners and renters of the dangerous toxins in the air of their homes. One of the toxins these professionals test for is carbon monoxide...
Women Explore Home Energy Issues at Center in Montana
Plus Q & A with Pure Energy's President and Chief Coach A. Tamasin Sterner
Lavina, Montana | September 12, 2011
On a bucolic ranch in rural Montana, a group of women will gather from October 10 - 14, 2011 to learn a new career in home energy rating, or to enhance a current career ...
First Energy Management is Proactive
A Note from A. Tamasin Sterner
Lancaster, PA | August 15, 2011
First Energy has always been a leader in educating employees on field issues. An example of how First Energy's energy efficiency program managers support their contractors and administrative staff: They have hired Pure Energy Coach to teach Building Science to their program managers. The benefits include ...
A Dream
A Note from A. Tamasin Sterner
Lancaster, PA | June 30, 2011
Having just attended two great conferences (the National Healthy Homes Conference in Denver and the National Energy and Utility Affordability Conference in Fort Lauderdale), I'm energized and full of ideas! I've also observed something I felt compelled to share - with the hope that others will join in and share their thoughts ...
Women's Energy Auditing Course Postponed
Lancaster, PA | June 29, 2011
Training facilities are gorgeous, functional, efficient, finished and ready, but... students may have difficulty travelling to The Pure Energy Center in August. As in many places in the U.S., Montana has had a rough spring! In late May a large storm system sat on top of the region dumping more than 6 inches of rain in a week - in an area that typically gets less than 12 inches of precipitation annually. The ground became saturated, streams and rivers swelled, and nearby towns such as Roundup flooded ...
Pure Energy Takes Training and Testing on the Road with COACH's Premier Voyage
Hartford, CT | May 17, 2011
How do you get first-rate hands-on weatherization, combustion testing and energy auditing training to the people who need it? Especially to those who are busy in the field? Pure Energy of Lancaster, PA has the answer. COACH, a refurbished and repurposed motor home for providing training for people who do energy conservation and efficiency work in homes, made its premier voyage last week to Hartford, CT ...
Pure Energy's A. Tamasin Sterner receives BPI's 2011 Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry
San Francisco CA | March 30, 2011
The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI), a nationally recognized standards development and contractor credentialing organization for residential energy efficiency retrofit work, honored A. Tamasin Sterner of Pure Energy by naming her the recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry in a ceremony at the Opening Plenary of the ACI National Conference in San Francisco, CA ...
Montana Senator Touts New Energy Jobs Training Facility in South Central Montana
Butte, Montana | September 13, 2010
Montana’s senior U.S. Senator, Max Baucus announced a job-creation development from the Montana Economic Development Summit. Nationally-recognized energy conservation and efficiency firm, Pure Energy, announced that it will open an energy efficiency training center between Lavina and Roundup, Montana in October ...
Pure Energy Founder Advises President Obama
Arlington, VA | December 15, 2009
We always knew that energy efficiency was sexy, but now President Obama thinks so, too. Pure Energy's A. Tamasin Sterner and other stakeholders in the home energy efficiency retrofit business met with President Obama for a roundtable discussion prior to his speech ... Participants included: Stephon Burgess, who was unemployed but recently hired to work on weatherization; Gerald Palmer, president of Southland Insulators; John Shields Jr., Sheetmetal Workers International Association; and Michael Thaman, chairman of Owens Corning building materials company.
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