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Selected Papers
(All papers are by R. Karg unless otherwise
noted)
Weatherization Standards
Midwest Weatherization Best Practices Field Guide (234 pages, 5 MB), with Paul Knight
and Don Jones, July 2005.
Maine Weatherization Standards, January 2005.
New
Hampshire Weatherization Standards, March 2005.
North Dakota Weatherization Field Standards, January 2003.
Worst-case
draft testing form
Diagnostics
form
Heating
system form
House
estimate form
West Virginia Weatherization Field Standards, March 2009.
Home Performance
Standards
Technical
Standards for the Maine Home Performance with ENERGY
STAR Program, 2008, with Tom Boothby and Heather Rae.
Weatherization Training and Evaluation
One-on-One On-Site (O4S) Training Project for the Low-Income Weatherization
Program, DOE Boston Region,
Phase
1 (2004) and
Phase
2 (2005).
Ohio
Home Weatherization Assistance Program Training Evaluation under
contract with Quantec, LLC for the Ohio Department of Development, Office
of Energy Efficiency, by R. Karg; A. Lee, Ph.D.; and M. S. Khawaja, Ph.D.,
June 2, 2006.
Cellulose
Insulation Density
Cellulose
core sampling kit materials list and instructions for use, including
core
sampling chart, June 2007.
Wall
Insulation Density Calculation Forms, 2003.
Wall Insulation Experiments with Cellulose, October 2003.
Sidewall
Blowing Tips and Tricks, Bob Pfeiffer, Tom Wilson, and Jim Fitzgerald,
2003.
Siding
Removal and Wall Insulation Techniques, handout for a presentation by
Chris Allwein and Dennis Biddle, April, 2002.
Insulation Density Test Cases (coming soon).
TTerminology
As a trainer and technical writer for the last 25 years, I have become very
aware of the importance of using standardized terminology and definitions. I
have found this to be especially important in the field of combustion
appliances, venting, and combustion safety testing. I have put together a
list of terms with some illustrations that I hope will help bring uniformity and enhance
communication:
Standardized Terminology for Combustion Appliances and Combustion Safety
Testing. I welcome suggestions regarding this document.
Carbon
Monoxide
Carbon Monoxide Emissions from
Gas
Ranges
and the Development of a Field Protocol for Measuring CO Emissions, (for
sections of Karg's chapter), Carbon Monoxide Poisoning,
ed.
David Penney, PhD, CRC Press, November 2007.
CO Testing for the Real World, Home Energy, January/February
2002, pages 30-33.
Proposed Field Protocol for Gas Range Carbon Monoxide Emissions Testing,
July 2001. Annotated
version, July 2001.
Air-Free
Measurement of Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Gas Ranges: Analysis and Suggested
Field Procedure, October 1998.
Variation
of Carbon Monoxide Readings from Two Propane Range-Top Burners, May
1998.
Energy Standards
Maine Guide to Energy Efficient Residential Construction: A Manual of
Accepted Practices, 2nd (1997), 3rd (2002), and
4th (2006) editions, Maine Public Utilities Commission.
Under contract with the Maine State Planning Office, Karg wrote the following:
Maine Residential Energy Standard, May 2002.
Maine Residential
Energy Standard, one-page overview, May 2002.
Economic
Analysis for Maine Residential Energy Standard, May 2002.
Market
Strategies for the Maine Residential Energy Standard, April 2002.
Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation
Quick
Guide to ASHRAE 62.2, May 2005, for Maine Public Utilities
Commission.
Survey of Tightness
Limits for Residential Buildings, July 2001.
Indoor Air Quality and Your Health, 1988, New England Electric System.
Indoor Air Quality and Your Health, 1986, Maine Office of Energy
Resources.
Building Science
Estimating the Latent
Heating Load Resulting from the Curing and Drying of Construction Materials,
September 1988, Proceedings from the International Symposium Energy
Options for the Year 2000: Contemporary Concepts in Technology and Policy,
September 14-17, 1988, Volume 3, pages 3.153-3.164, Center for Energy
and Urban Policy Research, University of Delaware.
Zone Pressure Diagnostics charts and spreadsheet by Anthony Cox and Collin
Olson, 2006.
Flow
method House to Zone, PDF chart
Flow
method Zone to Outdoors, PDF chart
Door
method House to Garage (zone), PDF chart
Door
method Garage (zone) to Outdoors, PDF chart
Flow
and Door methods, Excel spreadsheet
Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Specification of Energy
Efficient Installation and Maintenance Practices for Residential HVAC
Systems, with John Krigger for the Consortium for Energy Efficiency,
Inc., Boston, MA, January 2000.
Psychology of Energy Behavior
The Soft Audit, Energy
Auditor and Retrofitter (Home Energy), July/August, 1987, pages
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