Reposted articles: "Crazy as it Sounds, Solar Could Be the World's Most Important Energy Source by 2050" and "SolarCity Launches Loan Program For Homeowners"
AcExperts believe that a solar boom is both feasible and necessary in order to reign in warming to safe levels.cording to Ben Schiller from Co.Exist, experts believe that a solar boom is both feasible and necessary in order to reign in warming to safe levels.
Ben Schiller from Co.Exist states that experts believe that a solar boom is both feasible and necessary in order to reign in warming to safe levels.
According from Mark Glover from The Sacramento Bee, SolarCity's’s new program will allow homeowners to own their solar panels, rather than lease them, as is the current practice.
SolarCity workers install solar panels on the roof of a house.
Reposted article: "Fagor America Expands Refrigerator Line For Small Spaces"
Nigel F. Maynard posts in Residential Building Products and Technology that Hackensack, New Jersey-based Fagor America has expanded its appliances line to include this 24-in.-wide Energy Star refrigerator that’s ideal for small homes and condos.
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Who doesn't love new appliances?
Reposted article: "Foam"
Some points on spray foam insulation by Amy Albert, Editor of Builder Magazine and Custom Home:
- Post-Construction performance measurement
- ICC calls for it
- Most building inspectors not performing it
- Foam values vs Batt values
- Wasted foam since it is measured by R value and gives no credit for air seal or actual performance
- Post Construction performance measurement would increase a homes efficiency, lessen the cost of using enhanced insulation,
Catskill Farms office building - before
Catskill Farms office building - after
Fan Mail
I get a lot of email from folks who are inspired by what we do, and like to share their stories. It probably goes a long way to allowing me to remain contrarian in the face of so much peer pressure to conform (mostly from self-described liberals) - I'm constantly getting quiet reinforcement from folks around the country and in a way, it's my life blood as we take risks, intellectual and business.
"I am an older artist lived in Eugene, Oregon since 1968, went to high school in New Paltz class of 65, dad taught art at SUNY...he build home there...I am a westerner...anytime you want to vacation here and build new west cabins, I'm ready [ha]....I hand built my own tiny one woman cabin on Oregon coast many years with a handsaw and a hammer, left over materials from a job site...lived there a year and a half, lots of chopped wood, collected rain water [no electric or plumbed water to site] Thank you for your beautiful work! May your homes last a hundred years and more and be passed on to many happy owners. Gotta go look at property here now and find local builder..Then I'll order plans!"
Good for her - right?
