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New Year’s Resolutions
10 Ways to save energy in 2010
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Last-Minute Shopping List for Christmas
You’re down to the last few days before Christmas. You’re looking for that meaningful, special gift for a family member, special friend, or co-worker. Buy a gift that keeps on…
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Vacuum-Insulated Windows
Last week we took at look at one way to achieve very-high-performance windows: adding additional layers of glazing and multiple low-emissivity (low-e) coatings. This week, we’ll look at another option…
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Making the Case for Triple-Glazed Windows
It won’t surprise many of my readers to learn that I’m a fanatic about energy conservation and efficiency. That goes back more than 30 years to the mid-70s. During those…
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High-Tech Windows with Dynamic Glazings
Last week I wrote about one of the innovative building materials that I saw at this year’s Greenbuild Conference in Phoenix (phase-change drywall). This week, I’ll cover a very different…
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Storing Heat in Walls with Phase-Change Materials
I just returned from the Greenbuild conference in Phoenix. This annual event, now in its eighth year, has become the leading locus for exchange of information about the rapidly growing…
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Update on a Wood Chip CHP Plant for Brattleboro
A little over a year ago I reported on the efforts of a local organization, Brattleboro Thermal Utility (BTU), to develop a wood-chip-fired “combined heat and power” (CHP) plant for…
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Drying Clothes With Less Energy
Last week, we took a look at how to save energy and water with clothes washing. This week we’ll turn our attention to drying, which accounts for approximately 6% of…
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The Clothes Washer Revolution
In the 1980s, when my wife and I were expecting our first child, we decided it was time to give up our weekly adventure at the laundromat and buy our…
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Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariffs
Vermont made history last week, becoming the first state to offer “feed-in tariffs” for electricity generated from renewable energy sources. Feed-in tariffs have been used since the early 1990s in…