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150,000 is the monthly job growth we need to stabilize unemployment. The US needs around 200,000 new jobs a month just to start a slight recovery and a return of the 15 million unemployed back to work. Even if we managed to get to a level of 235,000 new jobs per month - that would take 51 months ...

Our recent energy audits on movie theaters for a chain of MegaPlex Theaters operators are proving to impact their bottom line in a positive way. At one 24,000 sq ft multi screen complex in Colorado the reduction in winter time heating costs are nearly 50%. By utilizing the extremely high volume T...

The Aircraft Hangar Energy Audit - Energy Auditing Corporate and FBO Aircraft Hangar Energy Efficiency. Today we finished yet another one million cubic foot aircraft hangar in Idaho. We are performing energy audits on large corporate aircraft hangars and larger heated hangars at FBO's in Idaho, W...

The Aircraft Hangar Energy Audit - Energy Auditing Corporate and FBO Aircraft Hangar Energy Efficiency. This month we are performing energy audits on all types of corporate aircraft hangars and larger heated hangars at FBO's in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. No one knew just how weather tight and energ...

I went up to Driggs, Idaho for a real estate auction and the Grand Tetons were just awesome. The Teton Valley around Driggs was in "Autumn Mode" and the Tetons were in "Winter Mode". We fly our hot air balloon in Driggs all summer. The area around Driggs provides the best conditions for hot air b...

While performing an energy audit of a large home in Park City, Utah this week, I found a large door on the rear deck to be not quite as weather tight as it should be. Later, I walked out onto the deck to photograph the door so I could include it into the energy audit report. I took a second and l...

We are getting another round of snow this morning and the tram base at Snowbird is now 28 inches. The renegade guys are already hiking up and skiing down. Brighton and Solitude resorts will open on November 12th. Alta, Brian Head, Snowbird and Park City Mtn will open on the 20th. The Canyons and ...

It may be a bit crude, but it works! We got about 3 inches of snow this morning and I have been waiting for it all summer so I can put my new "redneck" satellite dish snow melter to the test. I wired up an outdoor floodlight base and a 150 watt PAR floodlight to my satellite dishes and wired them...

I'm beginning to think of some in that age group might be the "dumbest generation" the ones that text in the shower while listening to their Ipods I never go to a fast food restaurant unless I'm traveling somewhere as they usually have nice clean restrooms. But I have been noticing the McDonald's...

A home energy audit in Salt Lake City, Utah that we did yesterday was kind of interesting. The home was built in the mid 1970's and had new windows and doors and was caulked and sealed up very well. I was impressed with just how well this home was insulated and especially how weather tight the ce...