Energy efficient homes and energy efficiency building
Posted 08/20/2011 by Siti Crook
Finally! After many years of brainstorming how best to convey our business convictions and philosophy to others we came up with the following analogy. A person sees a central air conditioner on sale that they think will save them money and cool their whole house, the person insists that this is what they need and want. Their attitude is similar to that of the person that goes to a doctor and insists on medication that others have used, or they have seen advertised on TV, and the patient is convinced that they need this medication and that will be the end of their ailment. Some physicians will just give them the medicine, and they are […]
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What is going green
Posted 06/14/2011 by Susan Walker
Kathy Orr, is my favorite meteorologist. She really knows her stuff and I enjoy hearing her Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall predictions as each season is starting to change. This year she predicted a very warm Spring and a hot Summer, with lots of 90 degree temperatures, even in the Springtime. Her predictions are based on scientific evidence and analysis, not superstition. This is important to me, as in my studies and in my life, I appreciate good research that leads to wise decisions, but more about that later. I have a volunteer job at a farm that is a no-kill animal rescue facility. I am outside three or more days a […]
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If I go green do I use cloth, plastic or paper bags?
Posted 05/22/2011 by Dennis Crook
How did a movement start to ban the use of recyclable plastic bags, replacing them with cloth or paper instead? Is it because people are too lazy to bring plastic bags to a recycling center? Is the cost of recycling a plastic bag higher than making a new bag out of recycled plastic? The winner between the powers of political correctness verses the powers of lobbyists with a bias often times determines why one thing is deemed better than it is. If we all became vegetarian over night what would we do with all the cows? If everyone was eating cows meat what would happen to the competitive price of prime beef cuts? […]
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If you think understanding energy efficiency is difficult try writing about it!
Posted 05/08/2011 by Siti Crook
It was 1985 when Dennis declared his plans to build a condominium that featured energy efficiency technology. The country was in the midst of its first major oil crisis and gasoline prices were high. There were long lines at the gas pumps and frequent shortages. Dennis could see the “writing on the wall” and thought energy efficient homes would be a solution. At the time I understood his reasoning and how it could help to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. Being dependent on oil that we needed to bring into our country from foreign sources, seemed like a risky arrangement. It doesn’t take much to disturb supply—a natural disaster or a […]
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