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Blower Machine Maintenance

In this episode WxTV hooks up with the terrific team at Snug Planet in Ithaca, NY to show you a bit about machine maintenance on a Krendl and why it's important. View

  • Running Length: 19:07
  • Date Added: 3/18/13

How To Be Lead-Safe: Interior Containment

We'll show you some examples of one of the most common renovation tasks in a pre-78 home, setting up containment for interior work. There are minimum standards to guide you, but there's no set recipe to follow. It's your job to keep the dust from spreading to the rest of the home. View

  • Running Length: 14:41
  • Date Added: 2/25/13

How To Be Lead-Safe: Testing For Lead

If you're renovating, repairing, or painting a home, disturbing lead-based paint can be a serious health hazard for both children and adults. WxTV will take a look at the EPA and DOE-approved methods to test for lead paint at the job site. View

  • Running Length: 12:10
  • Date Added: 11/29/12

OSHA Hazards: Fall Protection

WxTV will set its sights on the number one cause of fatalities on the job site, falls, and what OSHA requirements you need to know to protect yourself. Tune in to get the goods on the gear to stay safe and alive. View

  • Running Length: 11:28
  • Date Added: 10/29/12

NRCERT Multifamily Audit Process

Our friends at the New River Center for Energy Research & Training give us a great rundown of the process they use for energy audits of multifamily residences. View

  • Running Length: 7:41
  • Date Added: 9/14/12

Smart Grid 101 – Smart Decisions for the Future

What is Smart Grid? What potential does this technology hold for the future of our electrical power supply system? Here is a brief spot we developed with the Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy through the DOE to help inform and prepare consumers and the energy workforce as Smart Grid moves forward. View

  • Running Length: 6:32
  • Date Added: 9/6/12

Consumer Education Series: Storm Windows

This episode focuses on those old, drafty single-pane windows and one option for making them more efficient, storm windows. Integrating high performance technologies from fitted windows, today's storm windows offer similar savings and comfort to window replacements at a fraction of the cost. We'll travel to Atlanta, GA to see what one manufacturer has to offer. View

  • Running Length: 7:54
  • Date Added: 6/26/12

Exploring Energy Efficiency & Alternatives Toolkit

There's lots of demand out there for information on home energy efficiency and alternative energy. This educational toolkit is designed to be a resource for universities, energy educators, and homeowners to learn more. View

  • Running Length: 5:10
  • Date Added: 5/24/12

The Warmest Village In Alaska

And you think your crew and supply logistics are tough to manage... we're out in the bush- in Goodnews Bay, Alaska on a rare sunny day. WxTV is going to show you weatherization in a remote Yup'ik Eskimo village on the Bering Sea where everything is unique. From shipping supplies in on a barge, to hiring crew members from the local village down to the measures installed to keep these residents warm during the brutal Alaskan winters. View

  • Running Length: 25:51
  • Date Added: 2/7/12