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Blog Archive

2013-05-10

  • A walk through the woods

2013-04-14

  • My hydroponic adventures (100% legal!)

2013-03-19

  • Wintry view

2013-01-12

  • Our solution to the dryer conundrum

2012-12-30

  • Winter in a Passive House

2012-10-04

  • A short note on wiring and instrumentation...

2012-09-11

  • Interior photos at last!

2012-07-22

  • Overheating from south windows

2012-06-26

  • Head boppage averted!

2012-06-16

  • You could do that, but you will not get into Dwell...

2012-05-15

  • The inevitable post about toilets

2012-05-08

  • Stepping back (temporarily) from LEDs

2012-04-24

  • Green building, the haiku way!

2012-03-23

  • So you want to use LED lights...

2012-03-15

  • The World of Tomorrow

2012-03-12

  • The deep dark world of lighting

2012-02-07

  • Fun with combustion!

2012-01-21

  • Emergency backup generator?
  • Doing things right

2012-01-02

  • Winter progress

2011-11-27

  • The DIY Thing

2011-10-30

  • Shopping

2011-10-20

  • An eventful few weeks

2011-10-01

  • Today I made Ted sniff a stranger's floor

2011-09-17

  • Fun with light fixtures

2011-09-15

  • Lighting: My nebulous plan

2011-08-30

  • In praise of Vermonters

2011-08-12

  • The Dryer Conundrum

2011-08-10

  • How the foundation works

2011-08-06

  • Insulating the floor of a Passivhaus on piers...

2011-08-05

  • Making sawdust.

2011-08-02

  • A question of cost

2011-07-21

  • Be prepared.

2011-07-17

  • To PHPP and beyond

2011-07-15

  • And don't forget those Vermont winters...

2011-07-14

  • Now I'm just getting punchy
  • I really suck at rendering

2011-07-13

  • Yet another inept rendering!

2011-07-11

  • Going for Passivhaus! (plus new ugly rendering)

2011-06-26

  • Payback

2011-06-25

  • Nerdhenge

2011-06-23

  • At what price passiv?

2011-06-10

  • Dig our crazy pier foundation!

2011-06-08

  • Coordinating the roof
  • Here come the joists!

2011-06-07

  • Dizzy

2011-05-21

  • Hopping off the freight train

2011-05-09

  • Tag cloud bummer

2011-04-24

  • If you could design your dream window, what would it be?

2011-04-08

  • What makes it passive?

2011-04-03

  • What is a thermal bridge?

2011-03-31

  • Thermal break in the foundation
  • It's not a Passive House... it's a Passive Home!

2011-03-26

  • Consider yourself warned
  • Window modifications

2011-03-11

  • What I Did On My Winter Vacation

2010-08-23

  • Auf wiedersehen, passivhaus

2010-08-11

  • Big meet-up with the engineers today.
  • Review

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Occupant behavior can make the difference between an efficient house and a wasteful one. Notorious energy hogs include plasma TVs, old refrigerators or freezers, ice-makers, and dehumidifiers. And don't overlook sneaky items like DVRs, always-on computer and entertainment equipment, etc.

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