Isn’t it interesting that going “Green” and doing things in an environmentally friendly way are all the rage? I wonder… how many of the Green Movement proponents know that it wasn’t all that long ago that we did do things that some aren’t so willing to do any longer. A couple of years ago my […] Read more…
“Building Green” is a two word phrase that has two parts to its \’ definition. It means to design and build a structure in such a way that the actual construction has minimal impact on the environment including the processing of the construction materials, the movement of the materials and the physical impact it has […] Read more…
According to the US Department of Energy: Wind energy today accounts for only 1 percent of the nation’s electricity. A May report from the Energy Department concluded wind energy could generate 20 percent by 2030, with offshore sources accounting for nearly 20 percent of that. According to the Danish Wind Industry Association: The Danish energy […] Read more…
For this article it doesn’t matter if you believe in Global Warming or if you are for or against drilling off the coast, or in ANWR (Alaskan National Wlidlife Refuge), or if you think we are harming the environment. What does matter is that you take a good long look at where we as a […] Read more…
This really sucks… devastating news about what occurred in Japan. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake caused extremely destructive tsunami waves in northeastern Japan. Leaving thousands of people confirmed dead, injured or missing, and millions more affected by lack of electricity, water and transportation… one can only imagine what’s going to happen with those nuclear reactors. Slightly a […] Read more…
Even though we are having a bit of a cold snap right now, Spring is here. A few weeks ago the frogs emerged and started croaking and mating. The crocus have made their way back into the world of sunshine. As have the daffodils. This morning I heard the call of Canada Geese as they […] Read more…
A simple fact that seems overlooked is the room volumes when it comes to heating and cooling. When a house is being designed they look at square footage primarily – only to size the heating and cooling systems. With the bigger/more mentality that pervades the consumer market who really cares about […] Read more…
I was at a friends house the other night and the topic of LED lights and toxins came up. He showed me printout from Science Daily showing that LED lights are toxic. This came up because a CFL light he was using broke and needed to be cleaned up. I read the article and something […] Read more…
I was thinking the other day about appliance life and remembered a refrigerator that my parents used to have. When I was very young my family moved into a house that my parents had just built. It had most of the amenities that most people had – indoor bathrooms, stove, fridge, etc. Many years later […] Read more…
Imagine this, every home in the US with solar panels on the roof. Each one feeding power into the national power grid. Or, industrious individuals producing biodiesel out on their suburban or rural homesteads. How about wind generators on buildings in cities making power and sending it all into the grid. Historically energy has been […] Read more…
