April 19, 2012
I recently joined Maine Green Building Supply’s monthly efficient building discussion group. Over beers and hot dogs in previous months, they had brainstormed an idea which has caught the popular imagination of folks in the broader efficient building world, that of the ‘Pretty Good House.’ The idea is like Pareto’s Principle applied to energy [...]
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February 10, 2012
One truism of efficient building is that smaller is the easiest way to make something more efficient and green. Building a McMansion then slapping on the efficient and green is a lot like the proverbial ‘makeup on a pig’. It’s an energy disaster to begin with and who would want to live in a [...]
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