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My Experiences with Solar Electric and Solar Hot Water Systems
An energy management consultant since 1974, Andrew Rudin shares his personal accounts, the good and the bad, with using solar panels to generate electricity and to heat water.
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Hummingbird House: Design for Everyone Part II
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This is the second part of a conversation with Leslie Jackson, Associate Editor, and Larry Weingarten, a water heater expert and Renaissance guy. His solar-powered structural insulated panels (SIPs) house combines ordinary materials with extraordinary design. [continue reading]

The Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Systems Fell in 2008
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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV ) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost ... [continue reading]

Hummingbird House: Design for Everyone
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This is an excerpt from a conversation I had with Larry Weingarten, a water heater expert and Renaissance tinkerer, at the 2009 ACEEE Hot Water Conference last June 2009. [continue reading]

Rightsizing Solar PV Systems
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If the solar bug has bitten your client, how do you help them to select a rightsized system for their needs? [continue reading]

A Wisconsin Usonian Home: 37 Years of Energy History
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Not your average homeowners - this couple has kept energy use data for 37 years. [continue reading]

Wisdom Way Solar Village
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It takes a village in this Massachusetts community to create sustainable, affordable housing. [continue reading]

Live Like a Leaf
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The Leaf Community is the first sustainable community created in Italy. [continue reading]

Near Net Zero Energy House
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Results are in for a full year of energy generation and use at the Near Net Zero Energy house, in Colrain, Massachusetts, developed and built by Rural Development, Incorporated, (RDI) of Turners Falls, Massachusetts (see &... [continue reading]



Kara Saul Rinaldi
HOMES Act Will Save Homeowners Energy, Money
Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT) re-introduced the Home Owners Managing Energy Savings (HOMES) Act, H.R. 2127, yesterday ...


Macie Melendez
Adventures in Blower Door Testing
When Steve Mann (of Home Energy Services) asks you to come along for the first blower door testing in a ...




























