Saturn Energy Auditor Field Guide

The Saturn Energy Auditor Field Guide details the best ways to evaluate the energy performance of existing homes, multifamily buildings, and mobile homes. Abundantly illustrated, this field guide provides step-by-step procedures to identify the most cost-effective energy-saving measures for existing buildings, depending on their design and climate. Compact and concise, this hands-on guide covers everything from blower-door testing and inspecting a building's insulation to analysis of heating and cooling systems, appliance efficiency, water heating, and much more! The Saturn Energy Auditor Field Guide has received thorough review by experts throughout North America, and it supports programs in weatherization, building performance, energy auditing, energy rating, building inspection, and home inspection. This field guide contains many valuable specifications for insulation's thermal resistance, air leakage, window installation, combustion efficiency and safety, ducted airflow, ventilation requirements, and AC-and-heat pump efficiency.

John Krigger is the founder of Saturn Resource Management, and a nationally recognized expert in the field of energy conservation for buildings. For over 35 years, he has and authored publications, developed online training curricula, and presented seminars on energy-efficiency, maintenance, durability, and health and safety for buildings. John combines years of hands-on energy-service experience with solid academic knowledge. He is the author of 10 books on energy efficiency and approximately 40 shorter publications. His publication Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings is a training manual and textbook used by energy-training centers, vocational schools, and colleges throughout North America.

John has extensive experience researching and developing energy publications for energy auditors, energy raters, technicians, government technologists, industry representatives, and the general public. He does consulting work for national laboratories, state governments, utility companies, and other energy organizations. Besides an author, John is also a technical illustrator, photographer, videographer, and desktop publisher.