As a blower door-ing energy auditing M.I.A. geek, I now introduce "Double Panes" for your geeky pleasure:
Dontchaloveit?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
From a Soon-to-Be Energy Auditor
The Stimulus Package is finally opening the can of worms that I'm adding to my compost bin (this article is about job prospects and what companies are doing by the way).
I'm looking for a job and I have to be thoughtful and well-researched, so expect more blogs.
I'm looking for a job and I have to be thoughtful and well-researched, so expect more blogs.
Maldives Goes Carbon Neutral
The Maldives is making a big splash with limited space. Let's replicate their success and not just buy our way out, but make all buildings super energy efficient and producers of energy (instead of wasters like the large majority are), it is the future.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
This Tiny House
Tumbleweed Tiny House Company is SUPER COOL!!! I want to build one!
Now, if only I could make one of these tiny houses use zero energy and very, very little water (harder to do than energy), that would be absolute fabulous!!! Then I could just hook up and go when I want. Perfectly fits a gypsy life of leisure, especially once I'm self-employed. Thinking about this future home has kept me daydreaming for days now. Hope you enjoy.
By the way, I'm happy that "small" is finally becoming chic.
Now, if only I could make one of these tiny houses use zero energy and very, very little water (harder to do than energy), that would be absolute fabulous!!! Then I could just hook up and go when I want. Perfectly fits a gypsy life of leisure, especially once I'm self-employed. Thinking about this future home has kept me daydreaming for days now. Hope you enjoy.
By the way, I'm happy that "small" is finally becoming chic.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Looking Good and Good for the Environment = Oxymoron?
I like these thoughts on current architecture. We're at the beginning of an ecological built environment renaissance, how does it feel?
The following is pretty good and good for thought:
["When sustainable architecture coalesces into something more like art, it will likely be more in keeping with a world teetering on the brink of economic and environmental collapse than with the architectural modes that preceded it. Further, the sustainable school may well dial back the lessons of globalization, preferring instead to adopt a new regionalism and to find virtue in the frugal rather than in the profligate, expressing these preferences through design. Wines sees the very real potential for a fundamental re-imagining of what architecture means, the sort of revolutionary revision that took place when Le Corbusier introduced the International Style. "The idea of a building as a piece of sculpture is 100 years old now," Wines says. "It's been done over and over and over. It's not very progressive as a premise."]
The following is pretty good and good for thought:
["When sustainable architecture coalesces into something more like art, it will likely be more in keeping with a world teetering on the brink of economic and environmental collapse than with the architectural modes that preceded it. Further, the sustainable school may well dial back the lessons of globalization, preferring instead to adopt a new regionalism and to find virtue in the frugal rather than in the profligate, expressing these preferences through design. Wines sees the very real potential for a fundamental re-imagining of what architecture means, the sort of revolutionary revision that took place when Le Corbusier introduced the International Style. "The idea of a building as a piece of sculpture is 100 years old now," Wines says. "It's been done over and over and over. It's not very progressive as a premise."]
Monday, March 16, 2009
Trying to Understand...
The Stimulus Package and Recovery stuff... and how it impacts energy efficiency. Here's a good place to start.
Why Oregon Is Looking Even Better
A proposal for Energy Audits going to be mandatory starting 2011 for residential and 2012 for commercial? Yeah!
Hawaii Mandates Solar Water Heaters
I like what's happening in Hawaii and new construction of homes starting in 2010. Let's do this all over the country.
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