Hospital Air Containment Testing

eZing is pleased to provide preliminary air containment testing for critical rooms in the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago through Mortenson Construction, CM, scheduled completion, 2012.

Chicago LCWEP Workshops

eZing assisted the Low Cost Weatherization Education Program of the Chicago Department of Environment with workshops and other tasks. See the LCWEP Manual that guides hands-on work and graphic guides that assist homeowners to select effective "next steps" to reduce energy usage.

AIA Conference Presentation

John Porterfield presented Architects and Energy Raters: In the Realm of Energy Best Practices, Chicago Chapter, AIA 2010 Professional Development Conference, September 16.

Providing Contractor Training

eZing has been selected to provide contractor training for an ARRA-funded expansion of the DOE weatherization program. Funded by DCEO and designed and managed by the Building Research Center at UIUC, three eZing staff will train contractors at the new DOE Weatherization Training Center at the Wilbur Wright campus of the City Colleges of Chicago.

Vintage Oak Park home audit

See eZing staff Jim Gill and John Porterfield audit a vintage Oak Park home and guide students from IIT Professor Nancy Hamill’s Oak Park Energy Efficiency IPRO, August, 2010.

RESNET training --> mentoring

eZing will continue training the carpenters, mentoring them through their probationary ratings as they seek to attain RESNET certification.

Training the Trainer

Jim has been selected for the solar installer “training of trainers” course and will attend the Midwest Renewable Energy Association's two-week training course in Custer, WI.

Energy Retrofit Results presentation

Cheryl presented "Energy Retrofit Results" at the Chicago Center for Green Technology in early June. In case you missed it, she will repeat the presentation there on October 5th and 6th at 8PM.

eZing gives RESNET training

eZing provided RESNET energy instruction to training staff of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters. Several of the staff have already undergone BPI training. Several eZing employees are also taking advantage of the opportunity to obtain RESNET instruction.

Congratulations to John

John has been invited to become a member of Home Energy magazine's advisory board! He recently met with several members of the board at ACI's home energy performance conference in Austin.

Recent Event - ACI's 23rd Annual Conference

John presented Revisiting Steam System Efficiency at ACI's 23rd annual home energy performance conference, held this year in Austin, TX, April 22-25.

Past Event - Better Buildings Better Business Conference

John presented Matching Duct Corrective Work to Diagnosed Defects at the Better Buildings Better Business Conference, Baraboo, WI, held March 3-5, 2010.

We've been awarded!

eZing has won Angie's List Super Service Award for 2009! See the aforementioned logo on the homepage of the eZing website.

Sharing their expertise

Cheryl and John are currently team-teaching at Wilbur Wright Community College's Residential Energy course, now accredited and in it's fourth year.

Past Interview - Green Economy Chicago

John Porterfield "starred" in Episode Two of Green Economy Chicago's video series, showing key aspects of a home energy audit. This interview took place last September.

Did you know?

Last July, Cheryl and John won Energy Analyst designation from the Building Performance Institute.

Interview with National Trust for Historic Preservation

eZing was one of several energy audit firms surveyed by National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Past Event - Orientation to Energy Audits

eZing's John Porterfield and Peter Locke of www.terralocke.com presented an orientation to energy audits for elevator-scale condominiums at the July meeting of the Association of North Sheridan Road Condominium Associations.

Past Event - Affordable Comfort Inc. Conference 2009

Travis Yutzy, Tom Reuter, Cheryl Pomeroy and John Porterfield attended four days of intensive learning at the Affordable Comfort Inc. Conference 2009 in Kansas City, gathering some 200 items to incorporate into eZing services. Handouts from Presentations at ACI 2009 are now online.

Chicago Climate Action Plan

John Porterfield continues activity with the Chicagoland Whole Home Energy Savers (CHES) Working Group exploring how residential energy retrofit goals of the Chicago Climate Action Plan will be achieved.