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Hose A client came into my store a few weeks back to discuss his idea for an inexpensive “batch” water heater that doesn’t require any high tech parts or pumps. The idea behind a batch heater in general is to pre-heat water from the well or from the town source with the sun or a [...] Arlington, MA, 6/6/10 Back in January I set up the weather station I got for Christmas near my house (see Weather or Not). It was relatively easy to get it up and running and to run the software that gives you a graphical view of the data as well as an historic perspective. It took [...]
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 [...] Solar Collector The solar collector we are building at my future house, 78 Main St, has been in place for a couple of weeks now, and we have been collecting temperature data. I’m hoping to have some “live” data at the website at some point in the future, but for now I have downloaded 8 [...] Google PI Today is March 14th, for some that’s 3.14 (pi, π) day. Pi is the greek symbol representing the constant which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Google often takes the opportunity to acknowledge an interesting day (or date) on its front page, and they did so today [...] “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 [...] I have been interested in weather-related data for a while, and once I went into the renewable energy business, it has become even more intriguing to me. I like to know how much sun, rain, wind, and humidity we are experiencing. I want to know about the inside temperature, the outside temperature and the highs [...]
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, [...] 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, June 2009 78 Main St, Enfield, NH is the address of my family’s future home as well as my store’s new home. We would like this to be a model of energy efficiency; a place for people to get ideas for things they could implement in their own homes or new construction; and [...] |
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