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Solar Electric Array I’ve been working with a customer for a few weeks on an idea that he had for his guest house. His guest house is used only about 1 week every month. But, even when the house isn’t being used it is still consuming electricity — a few outdoor lights, enough heat to [...]
2010 Earth Day I can remember studying ecology in elementary school in the 70’s and Earth Day was a special day to talk about the environment. I didn’t realize back then that the first Earth Day was in April, 1970, 40 years ago. According to the Earth Day Action Center, Earth Day was founded on [...]
Electric Bill One part of my job that I enjoy is helping people analyze their electrical usage. As soon as people start thinking about how much electricity they use, they can immediately start influencing it — and most people can reduce their electrical usage by 10-20% with very little effort if this is the first [...] “Your Voice” is a relatively new publication that has been delivered to mailboxes in many towns in and around the Upper Valley (NH and VT). I was excited to hear that they were publishing an “Off the Grid” section every other week starting in January (for 6 weeks to start). I asked if I could [...] For Christmas I received two books that I have been enjoying related to sustainable food, gardening, cooking and green kitchen products and processes. The first book is called “The Green Kitchen” by Richard Ehrlich. It is based on a column in the “Times of London”. This book has great tips on everything from taking advantage [...] 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 [...] 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 [...]
Shower Time There is a lot of buzz these days about On-Demand hot water systems. “On-Demand” means the water is heated as it is needed. Most people have a hot water tank, where the water is heated and kept hot in a tank until it is needed. Generally the tank has been sized to provide [...] Tour de Taste Two things that I like to do: go for a good bike ride and graze on good food in small quantities all day. Today Kent and I participated in the “Tour de Taste” run by the Upper Valley Trails organization… and it was just that. And we had some nice weather as [...]
Solar Fountain There is a nice water fountain in the middle of a large cemetery in Enfield. There is no good way to run electricity to the fountain to circulate water with a pump, but town water was available near by through a hose. For many years during special events someone would turn on the [...] |
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