DIY Energy Upgrades: Doors
Dave Keefe It sure is annoying when your exterior doors leak a bunch of air – cold air in, or your warm air out, or both – but there are things you can do to tighten them up. First, consider … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: September 2019
First Net-Zero Multi-Family Building in Region to Open
How Twin Pines Set the New Gold Standard for Sustainable, Multi-Family Living Chris Gillespie Affordable housing developer Twin Pines Housing Trust will make history this fall by opening the first net-zero, multi-family building in the Granite State. Located across the … Continue reading →
The Counterattack Against Clean Energy Is Collapsing
Carl Pope For two years, the cabal of fossil fools surrounding Donald Trump have leveraged an impulsive president’s loathing of his predecessor, tapped their reactionary right-wing networks, mobilized coal and oil lobbies and political donations, and thrown themselves vigorously into … Continue reading →
Floods, Ice, Fires and Drought
Alan Betts Water is everything to our planet. As I write, Greta Thunberg has reached New York after crossing the Atlantic in fifteen days on a racing yacht, arriving just ahead of tropical storm Erin. She will be in the … Continue reading →
Saving the Earth from Climate Change
George Harvey Climate situation is rather like a fire in the kitchen. If you act on it right away, it might be possible to put it out with a fire extinguisher, but if you wait five minutes, you probably need … Continue reading →
Acceptance vs. Belief
John Bos In her last ever book “No Time to Spare,” Ursula Le Guin writes that if someone asked her if she believed in evolution, she would answer “no.” As a long-time fan of Le Guin’s writing, I knew that … Continue reading →
Ground Zero: An Adventure in Net-zero Energy Building
Jenna Batchelder To the untrained eye, the Eisinger net-zero energy (NZE) house in Keene, New York, would seem like any other single-family Adirondack homestead. The roof-mounted solar panels aside, the 1974-square-foot home is conventional looking, maybe even quaint, surrounded by … Continue reading →
AeroBarrier Case Study: Partial Renovation of 1700’s Brick Colonial
Nate Gusakov This is the third article in our series highlighting our experiences installing AeroBarrier around New England– here’s a quick refresher on the technology: AeroBarrier® is a patented, cutting-edge envelope sealing system that simultaneously measures and seals building envelope air … Continue reading →
Buildings to Cool the Climate
Kai Starn The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), viewed as the most credible source of climate change research, issued an alarming report¹ on October 2018 removing all doubt on this critical topic. Absent aggressive action, the atmosphere will warm … Continue reading →
Community Outreach Strategies to Drive Renewable Heating
Val Stori Space and water heating represent a large portion of the energy used in homes in the Northeast. Most of this energy comes from fossil fuels, and combined, space and water heating account for 60 to 70 percent of … Continue reading →