Solar Deserts

Solar in the desert

I was speaking to a friend who lives in Germany about some of the interesting alternative energy projects she has read and heard about. Germany has some highly acclaimed passive solar designed homes and has earned a reputation in the last few decades as being a leader in conservation and alternative [...]

Clear Mountain Solar Store

Claremont, NH store

Clear Mountain Solar Store of Claremont, NH has merged with Energy Emporium and is located in Enfield, NH. Click here for directions.

350 – Do something for the Planet

Energy Emporium, 10/24/09

Zoom in

Sat, Oct 24, 2009: Today is the International Day of Climate Action! I added a couple of signs to my store window to try to spread the message. Look for lots of interesting pictures from around the world: 350.org

Also, I signed up for the Huffington Post’s week of ‘no [...]

78 Main: Permit me to make a ZEB, LEED home

Bureaucracy

Ahhh… the bureaucracy of state and local permits. We are trying to build a net zero energy building (ZEB) with LEED certification (leadership in energy and environmental design) but we can’t start until we get all the right permits through all the right bureaucracies.

I thought it would be relatively easy to get a [...]

Merging Talents (& Stores!)

Clear Mountain Solar

I’m very excited to announce the merging of two USA Solar Stores — Enfield Energy Emporium and Clear Mountain Solar in Claremont, NH! The last few weeks have been both fun and a bit stressful as we worked out the details of the transaction. Basically, “Energy Emporium” will be the parent company [...]

350 on 10-24

350.org

350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is the goal that many environmental scientists believe we need to meet to keep the earth healthy. A majority of people in the world are now ready to admit that many of the technological advances we made in the last century came with [...]