By kimquirk, on December 29th, 2009
Kill A Watt
I am a strong proponent for measuring things and finding the real information among the data. You may know that it is 14 degrees outside (this mornings temperature here in Enfield, NH), and that it was 36 degrees yesterday and 34 degrees the day before. This is interesting data, but just data, [...]
By kimquirk, on December 21st, 2009
Solar Thermal Storage
It took a while to get this going but we finally have a time-lapsed video of the building of the solar storage tank. This tank was designed by TSS (Thermal Storage Solutions) with installation help from Murphy Cell-Tech and Greenworks Solar.
I set up a webcam to get the time-lapsed photography [...]
By kimquirk, on December 12th, 2009
bonfire
I think back to my pre-Enfield days (almost a year ago) and I used to say “Keep the home fires burning” just for fun…I’d smile to myself and imagine sitting in front of a fireplace with my feet up on the coffee table.
That’s not my vision any more. I moved into a rental house [...]
By kimquirk, on December 7th, 2009
LEED-H (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a certification program for residential homes to promote best practices in energy conservation, land and water use, air quality, and education in building construction. (Here is an earlier blog on LEED as it applies to 78 Main St, our renovation project).
This week I held a LEED-H [...]
By kimquirk, on December 1st, 2009
No Impact Man
I’m in the middle of a book that I would recommend to anyone who wants to get a feel for what it means to live in this world and have no impact on the environment. This is a book by Colin Beavan called “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty [...]