When is a Rescheck Report Required?Today's episode of the Reschexpert blog we want to discuss with you the instances when a Rescheck Energy Report might be required. A Rescheck is a report that is created with the Department of Energy and Pacific Northwest Labratory softwares Rescheck Web and Rescheck Desktop. It allows everyone involved in a construction project to be aware of the International Energy Code or State Energy code requirements on the project, before the project starts. So today we want to look at why, when,...

What is a Rescheck?  A Rescheck is a report generated by software from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Department of Energy's softwares, Rescheck Web and Rescheck Desktop. This report calculates whether an addition, alteration, or new home construction is above or below the requirements of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) or other applicable energy codes. The value of Rescheck and Rescheck softwares is that allows all parties involved to quickly determine compliance and see if the...

Update Rescheck Settings TutorialMany times on the Reschexpert blog we discuss ways to calculate, input, and figure out errors within the Pacific Northwest Labratory and Department of Energy's Rescheck Softwares. In Rescheck Web and Rescheck Desktop, there are many different inputs to take into consideration on each Rescheck Report that you create. Today we want to help DIY Rescheck Creators and at home Rescheck Calculators answer the questions of how to update their settings within Rescheck Web. Then give a brief...

Rescheck Web is OnlineThis is breaking Rescheck news as the Department of Energy and Pacific Northwest Lab had Rescheck Web down for maintenance for a period of about 36 hours. We reported this first here:https://www.rescheck.info/2022/10/17/rescheck-web-page-not-found/After a few days of Rescheck acting clunky and not performing as the usual well oiled home energy audit software machine that everyone is used to it went into maintenance mode. We speculate the server needed to be reset or upgraded and then after a short...

Today on the Reschexpert blog we want to continue a story we started last week. We do not own Rescheck Web or Rescheck Desktop. We are end users of Rescheck software and when we spot something interesting within the software we like to share it with our blog readers free of charge. Today the Department of Energy's Rescheck Web website shows “Page Not Found”.What does Rescheck Web Page Not Found mean?Last week we noticed a PDF print error within the Rescheck Web...

Rescheck Web is Fully FunctionalWe reported an error on Rescheck Web yesterday and we are glad to tell you know it has resolved.https://www.rescheck.info/2022/10/11/rescheck-web-there-was-an-issue-with-getting-your-pdf-document-error/At Rescheck.info and the Reschexpert blog we use Rescheck software and home energy audit software everyday. When we spot an abnormality like the Rescheck Web not being able to generate a PDF yesterday, we like to report it to our at home DIY Rescheck creators so they understand what might be...

At the Reschexpert blog we like to keep our architects, engineers, contractors, and DIY Rescheck creators abreast of any happenings that we see with the Department of Energy's Rescheck Web and Rescheck Desktop software.  We are not the creators or maintainers of Rescheck Web or Rescheck Desktop, but merely users of the software.  When we see errors or items within the Rescheck softwares behaving abnormaly we simply make a note of the error and try to share it with our Reschexpert Blog users as soon as we can, for...

Today on the Reschexpert blog we want to do a special segment to show what type of computer that you should be using to create your Rescheck.  Many DIY Rescheck creators get started and do not know what type of computer creates Reschecks using Rescheck Web and Rescheck Desktop softwares the easiest.How do you feel about the progression and advancement of computers in regards to Rescheck over the past decade?There was a time growing up when every year meant super speed changes to all types of computing speeds.  In the...

Today on the Reschexpert blog we want to help you create your Comcheck faster and easier for all the DIY Comcheck Creators.  Basically we will show you how to download the Department of Energy's fantastic offline Comcheck Creation software, Comcheck Desktop.To begin you want to navigate to the Department of Energy's Comcheck page.  It looks like this: The link to arrive at this page is :  https://www.energycodes.gov/comcheckOnce you arrive at the page in the lower right of the screen you want to click the download link...

Rescheck National Construction Index August 2022 ReadingThe Reschexpert blog uses data received on the plethora of projects it undertakes across the country to create a nationally recognized construction index based on 3 components.Number of Construction StartsAverage Value of Construction StartsAverage Square Footage of Construction StartsWe do this in order to provide our wide database of architects, engineers, contractors, competing Rescheck providers, home owners, and industry professionals a key metric of national...