tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54333323677725347852024-03-05T05:58:05.523-08:00SolaripediaA forum for discussing and sharing information about sustainable architecture and green building, and the use of renewable energy in the built environment.Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-27080135910656826202017-08-07T10:30:00.003-07:002017-08-07T10:30:44.064-07:00Recreating Old Junk into New Art<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dale Peterson has an extraordinary ability to envision new life for old things. His</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> workshop is crammed full of everything from doorknobs and old miner's lamps to oil cans. It is a junkyard paradise on a micro scale. All these things were functional at one time in the past. Dale's goal is to give them new life, to bring their style and class to a different purpose. <a href="http://www.yakimaherald.com/magazine/the-art-of-dale-peterson---everything-old-is/article_08adda0e-41aa-11e7-9508-c7cc669e9d95.html" target="_blank">Read the article in Yakima Magazine</a>.</span><br />
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Vigneron Gary Cox set a long-term goal of environmental sustainability for his Cox Canyon Vineyards and Ellensburg Canyon Winery in 1999, becoming the first sustainable vineyard and winery in Kittitas County, Washington USA. Recently, Cox invested in renewable energy by installing solar panels on his property to provide energy for processing his cabernet franc, riesling and malbec wine grapes. Cox's solar array comprises 85 solar panels on a portion of his 17-acre vineyard that wouldn't accommodate vines anyway. Read to full article here: <a href="http://www.yakimaherald.com/magazine/community/raisin-in-the-sun-wine-grapes-solar-power/article_a7b09ba8-159c-11e7-8a2b-b79be5e0ed43.html" target="_blank">Yakima Magazine Article MARCH 2017</a> </div>
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Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-62083637175274009352016-09-26T20:30:00.004-07:002016-09-26T20:30:36.893-07:00The Best Solar Panels 2016<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reviews.com set out to find the best solar panels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Investing in solar energy is an excellent solution, but between hardware, installation, and the electronic components, the up-front price tag is enough of a deterrent for many. Factor in the notion that you may feel uncertain when it comes to choosing the most powerful and efficient product, and going solar doesn’t feel like a viable option. That’s why the team at Reviews.com took to researching 188 of the top solar panel manufacturers on the market to determine which ones are worth the investment.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They required at least 230 watts of power, to allow for fewer panel purchases with more efficiency</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They looked for the right efficiency ratio by calculating energy output from a panel compared to the input from the sun</span></li>
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Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-71684157527746259632016-08-25T09:52:00.001-07:002016-09-11T00:58:36.910-07:00DAR Historic Building in Washington, D.C. Uses Solar Power<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.8px;">The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Constitution Hall photovoltaic system helps the DAR to stabilize and reduce electric energy costs for its complex of historic buildings in Washington, D. C., just a few hundred yards from the White House. The rooftop 59kW solar panel array installation was completed in June 2014 and produces about 100,786 kWh of energy per year to help offset the energy demand of DAR Headquarters</span>. Designed to house the annual DAR convention, Constitution Hall (as of August 2015) was designated a National Historic Landmark Building in 1985 and is Washington D.C.’s largest Concert Hall, with more than half a million patrons each year. DAR has had a conservation committee dedicated to environmental issues for more than 105 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finca Rosa Blanca is an ecological coffee plantation resort in Costa Rica where the proprietors use the power of the sun, natural wastewater treatment, sustainable materials, local food, native plantings, and organic coffee growing methods to wed natural beauty and luxury with long-term sustainability.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The resort sits almost 4,000 feet above sea level, on nine acres overlooking the capital city of San Jose in the valley far below. Finca Rosa Blanca rests in the shadow of Barva Volcano - directly above the resort - the largest in land mass of the many volcanoes in Costa Rica. Visitors also discover wild rivers and cascading waterfalls, big cats, quetzals, tapirs and eagles. Roughly a quarter of Costa Rica's area is made up of National Parks. Finca Rosa Blanca also offers lessons in creating a “green” bedroom in your own home, as well as lessons in sustainability on a broader level.</span></div>
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neighborhood of Pittsburgh sits a greenhouse that is mere feet from city
utilities infrastructure, but there are no city utility connections in this
building. Powered exclusively by energy from the sun through a revolutionary DC
micro grid, the Homewood greenhouse requires no supplementary heat, energy, or
water. Inside the greenhouse, Oasis Farms and Fishery is perfecting the revolutionary agricultural
technology called aquaponics, where plants are combined with aquatic life
to create a sustainable, diverse system of food growth and cultivation. It is a
revolutionary urban farming initiative that provides a model for agricultural,
economic, and sustainable development for even the most remote and
under-privileged locations. Designed to increase food productivity and density,
especially in urban areas, this experimental greenhouse not only grows food,
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Using solar energy is a lot easier these days thanks to several great iPhone apps. Pictured is the screen for Easy Solar that offers design and measurement tools for professionals. On the other hand, Solar Panel Advisor app is fun for anyone who wants to see their phone behave as a solar panel. And the Pyranometer app allows you to measure the solar irradiance in watts per square meter for and education. Enjoy!</div>
<br />Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-47925723184167034582015-11-21T07:06:00.002-08:002015-11-21T07:13:54.192-08:00Dirty Laundry Exposed at Thrift Store Chain<a href="http://invw.org/2015/10/28/the-thrift-store-chain-that-dressed-up-like-a-charity-and-got-sued/" target="_blank">http://invw.org/2015/10/28/the-thrift-store-chain-that-dressed-up-like-a-charity-and-got-sued/</a><br />
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Recycling clothing and small household items is a positive thing for the environment, right? So why is the Savers corporation and its Value Village thrift stores under fire? The $1.2 billion per year giant appears to be masquerading as a big do-gooder for non-profits with its slogan: "Good Deeds. Great Deals." In reality, a small fraction of between 8 and 17 percent of revenue goes to charities. Already in hot water in Minnesota, the Washington State for-profit thrift business is finally being scrutinized in Washington - as its board chairman, Tom Ellison, resides luxuriously in his waterfront mansion. Read the full investigation by Francesca Lyman and Investigate West.Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-55621392228627628822015-11-20T16:52:00.002-08:002015-11-20T16:55:28.074-08:00Modular, Ultra-Green, Solar Classroom Inspires Sustainability<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 16.8px;">Unveiled in 2015, this could be the classroom of the future. Located at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, this is one of the first completely sustainable, modular classrooms in the U.S. Fabricated by EcoCraft Homes and developed by the SEED Collaborative, the SEED Classroom features non-toxic materials, generates its own energy, and recycles water on-site. A hands-on sustainable learning space built to Living Building Challenge standards, it impacts thousands of children with its net-zero energy, net-zero water, sustainable materials, daylighting, urban agriculture and equity components.</span><br />
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TAGS: green architecture, green building, modular construction, passive house, solar, energy efficient, pittsburghSolaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-38466177857609336622014-10-12T08:47:00.002-07:002014-10-12T08:49:31.447-07:00Usonian Homes on Display at Polymath Park in Pennsylvania<a href="http://www.solaripedia.com/13/412/Polymath+Park+Features+Usonian+Homes+%28Pennsylvania%2C+USA%29.html" target="_blank">http://www.solaripedia.com/13/412/Polymath+Park+Features+Usonian+Homes+%28Pennsylvania%2C+USA%29.html</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlngq4YUsb9ke7Y0G9AYSMjL_clD1xJAx1b6V3w2MfPdmpPdBk3EytWO-rGd3LPc18ThNmRh93Yvypovghyphenhyphen1p5xXd8WoMOu4OLcTmxvcgcGgEG_FhOrJ72LouzN4xuAcyoAiCxfKlhZTXN/s1600/Polymath+Balter+Fireplace+and+Skylight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlngq4YUsb9ke7Y0G9AYSMjL_clD1xJAx1b6V3w2MfPdmpPdBk3EytWO-rGd3LPc18ThNmRh93Yvypovghyphenhyphen1p5xXd8WoMOu4OLcTmxvcgcGgEG_FhOrJ72LouzN4xuAcyoAiCxfKlhZTXN/s1600/Polymath+Balter+Fireplace+and+Skylight.jpg" height="209" width="320" /></a><br />
Polymath Park was designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice to be a
small community of “Usonian” homes, Frank Lloyd Wright's concept for housing for the common people. Located in Western Pennsylvania, the 125-acre
(0.51 km2) property now hosts three homes, connected by unpaved roads
on a mostly wooded site. Peter Berndtson, one of the original Wright
apprentices at Taliesin, created a 1962 master plan for Polymath Park
that allowed for 24 dwellings to be sited in individual, circular
clearings in the forest. Ultimately, only two of his home designs were
built on the property and are still standing. In 2007, one of Wright’s
Usonian homes was deconstructed in Illinois, relocated to the Polymath
site, and then faithfully reconstructed according to Wright’s original
design. Berndtson's homes are known as the Balter House (1964) and the
Blum House (1965), both of which were used as summer homes for the Blum
and Balter families. The good news is that you can tour these homes or stay for the night!<br />
<a href="http://www.polymathpark.com/" target="_blank">Polymath Park Resort</a>Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-7973010956631279762014-10-02T08:05:00.001-07:002014-10-02T08:13:52.271-07:00The Well-Behaved Building - Oct 8-10 NYC<div style="font-size: 13px;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Submitted by <a href="https://francescalyman.contently.com/" target="_blank">Francesca Lyman</a></span></span></i><br />
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you're working on reducing energy and resource use and enhancing
sustainability, well-being and community in buildings, the Garrison
Institute has an invitation for you. October 8 - 10 please join your
fellow building owners, managers, researchers and community organizers
for our annual <a href="http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/climate-and-behavior/climate-buildings-and-behavior-project" target="_blank">Climate, Buildings and Behavior symposium</a>, which deals with the human dimensions of improving building performance, including energy use behavior. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This year's meeting, “<a href="http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/component/civicrm/?task=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=418&Itemid=534" target="_blank">The Well-Behaved Building: Developing Community, Well-Being and Resilience in Buildings</a>,”
explores behavioral and holistic approaches that help make buildings
into thriving communities while improving efficiency. Presenters include
leading building experts like <b>Barbara Ciesla, Gina Ciganik, Rachel Gutter, John McIlwaine, Jonathan Rose</b> and others, as well as thought leaders from relevant fields like sociologist <b>Jenni Cross</b>, teacher <b>Steve Ritz</b>, activist <b>Alexie Torres-Fleming</b>, resilience expert <b>Andrew Zolli</b> and meditation teacher <b>Sharon Salzberg</b>. </span></span></div>
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symposium is held at the Garrison Institute, a beautiful, renovated
monastery on the Hudson River an hour north of Manhattan on the
MetroNorth train line. Scholarships are available for non-profit
professionals. You can learn more and register <a href="http://www.garrisoninstitute.org/component/civicrm/?task=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=418&Itemid=534" target="_blank">here</a>, or call the Institute at <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">845-424--4800</a>. </span></span></div>
Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-86981046796150737132013-04-02T18:47:00.002-07:002013-04-02T19:12:30.648-07:00This just in!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Well, don’t stop the presses:
Annual Pew media survey reports woes for traditional media, a continuing rise
in digital journalism; and a report on Entertainment news squeezing out Environmental
coverage</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>What’s black and white, and read all over? </i>Not newspapers, as the old children’s riddle once told
us, nor traditional news media, according to the Pew Research Center’s annual
report, <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;">“<a href="http://stateofthemedia.org/" target="_blank">State of the News Media</a>,”
out March 18th.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">Analyzing
the media industry’s economics, audience and viewership, and prospects by
sector, the report details continuing rifts in the news media landscape, cuts
particularly affecting newspapers, and an ongoing rise in digital media.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.solaripedia.com/images/large/6263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://www.solaripedia.com/images/large/6263.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">This
may not be news to readers of <i>Solaripedia,</i>
but most news consumers are unaware of these profound changes. Surprisingly,
some 60 percent of Americans say they’re unaware of these trends, while 31
percent have stopped turning to news outlets they used to depend on.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">Since
last year, the newspaper industry has lost the most ground to rivals in the
technology industry</span>. The Center’s
estimates for newsroom cutbacks in 2012 “put industry employment down 30% since
its peak in 2000 and below 40,000 employees for the first time since 1978.” <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">On cable TV, coverage of live events
during the day, “which often requires a crew and correspondent, fell 30% from
2007 to 2012,” with interview segments up 31%.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br /></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2011, the center found,
losses in print advertising dollars “outpaced gains in digital revenue by a
factor of roughly 10 to 1, a ratio even worse than in 2010.” Their conclusion,
when circulation and advertising revenue are combined, is that “the newspaper
industry has shrunk 43% since 2000.” The result is a news industry understaffed
and less prepared than ever to uncover stories or dig deep into emerging
trends.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nevertheless they found that
news is becoming a more important and pervasive part of people’s daily lives. “<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">That, in the end,” they wrote, “could
prove a saving factor<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>for
the future of journalism.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The brightest spot perhaps is
that online news consumption rose sharply during the last two years, as digital
platforms have spread. Online news was the only category of news that grew in
the Pew Research Center’s 2012 News Media Consumption Survey.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another journalism report earlier
this year found particularly profound changes in news coverage when it comes to environmental issues (science,
health, climate and environmental policy).</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“<a href="http://environmentalcoverage.org/" target="_blank">Environmental Coverage in the Mainstream News</a>: We Need More,”
published in January 2013 by the Project for Improved Environmental Coverage
(PIEC), a nonprofit organization, found that “on average, entertainment
headlines get over three times more coverage than environmental stories for
nationally prominent news organizations.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The study found <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">that
environmental stories represent just 1% of news headlines in the US and that
entertainment stories garner nearly three times more headlines. It also found
that “for some news organizations, entertainment and crime garner<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">twenty
times</span></i></b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"> and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">sixty
times</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"> </span></span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">more coverage than the environment.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The project conducted a national
poll in 2012 by the Opinion Research Corporation over the weekend of April
14–15, and found “seventy-nine percent of Americans believe news coverage of
the environment should be improved.” <b>Read More</b>:<a href="http://greeningthemedia.org/wp-content/uploads/Environmental-Coverage-in-the-Mainstream-News.pdf">http://greeningthemedia.org/wp-content/uploads/Environmental-Coverage-in-the-Mainstream-News.pdf</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the <a href="http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/how_much_environment_entertain.php%20co" target="_blank"><i>Columbia Journalism Review</i></a> noted in examining the report, “<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;">Local newspapers were the only media group that paid more attention, on
average, to the environment than to entertainment.”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How important is being
informed, particularly on issues like the environment? Thomas Jefferson wrote,
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without
newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment
to prefer the latter.”</span></span>
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Environmental Journalists. </i><i>She is the author of </i><b>The
Greenhouse Trap </b><i>(A World Resources Institute Guide to the Environment)<span style="font-size: x-small;"> and Managing Editor of <a href="http://solaripedia.com/">Solaripedia.com</a>.</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Te Kauwhata House, Solarei Architects of New Zealand designed a lot <span style="font-size: x-small;">of</span> thermal massing in the floors;
the concrete floors act like re-chargeable batteries that use sunlight
instead of electricity for heating. During the day, sunlight shines
onto the concrete floor<span style="font-size: x-small;"> and the</span> energy is then absorbed by the mass. When
external temperatures begin to cool during the evening, heat is then
released (or conducted) from the concrete slab. Concrete slabs are able to retain
and release energy for several days when cloudy conditions persist.Te Kauwhata House in Waikato, New Zealand, is a three-bedroom, passive
solar, energy efficient family home that utilizes green architecture
principles<span style="font-size: x-small;"> -- it's </span>passively self-heated during
winter, self-cooled over summer and employs green materials throughout. The 2500 sq. ft. home is oriented due north to maximize solar gain and take
full advantage of the low<span style="font-size: x-small;">-</span>angled winter sun. Power is provided by a 3.2 kW grid connected solar panel
system. The house also collects rainwater for drinking. Materials include
untreated Lawson Cyprus timber for exterior cladding, untreated
macrocarpa timber for interior shelves and architraves (beams), natural
bio-paints for the interior finishes, and wool/polyester composite
insulation. </span></span>Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-46390082782368143122013-03-11T15:19:00.000-07:002013-03-11T15:19:00.774-07:00Manufacturing Returns to the US
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An article by Charles Fishman in </span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Atlantic Monthly</span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> magazine (DECEMBER 2012) describes a current trend to mov<span style="font-size: x-small;">e</span> manufacturing back to the United States<span style="font-size: x-small;">;</span> </span></span>The Insourcing Boom</span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">reveals a more <span style="font-size: x-small;">competitive way for the US to take back the reins on ma<span style="font-size: x-small;">king things that is also more sustainable.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="authors"><a class="author" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/charles-fishman/" rel="author"></a></span></span></i></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-insourcing-boom/309166/1/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-insourcing-boom/309166/1/</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take the GeoSpring water heater by General Electric (GE) as an example; its manufacturing was moved from a cheap
Chinese factory to GE's expensive <span style="font-size: x-small;">Appliance Park </span>factory in Kentucky (see photo). With that change starting in 2010, material costs
went down, labor costs to make it went down, quality went up and energy efficiency went up. And there's no longer the four-week transit on a slow boat from China that produces high carbon emissions from shipping. GE has beat the retail price of the China-produced water heater by about 20 percent by making it in the US. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Following are a few reasons why the manufacturing move back to the US is working, not just for GE but for other companies, too: </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Oil prices are three times what they were in 2000, making cargo-ship fuel much more expensive now than it was then.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
The natural-gas boom in the U.S. has dramatically lowered the cost for
running something as energy-intensive as a factory here at home.
(Natural gas now costs four times as much in Asia as it does in the
U.S.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
In dollars, wages in China are some five times what they were in 2000—and they are expected to keep rising 18 percent a year.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
American unions are changing their priorities. The GeoSpring manufacturing plant worker's union at GE's Appliance Park</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span> was so fractious in the ’70s and ’80s that the place was known as
“Strike City.” That same union agreed to a two-tier wage scale in
2005—and today, 70 percent of the jobs there are on the lower tier,
which starts at just over $13.50 an hour, almost $8 less than what the
starting wage used to be.</span></span></li>
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U.S. labor productivity has continued its long march upward, meaning
that labor costs have become a smaller and smaller proportion of the
total cost of finished goods. You simply can’t save much money chasing
wages anymore. </span></span></li>
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Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-12317987430329163602013-02-18T20:23:00.002-08:002013-02-18T20:23:11.096-08:00EcoVillage Adds Passive House Neighborhood in Ithaca, NY, USA<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EcoVillage, a sustainable living community located two miles outside of
downtown Ithaca, New York, USA, has begun initial construction on its third and final
neighborhood<span style="font-size: x-small;"> that will be constructed</span> using state-of-the-art airtight enclosure technology called "Passive House."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An <a href="http://theithacan.org/26172" target="_blank">EcoVillage article</a> in The Ithacan describes the project. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://ecovillageithaca.org/evi/" target="_blank">EcoVillage Website</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read more about <a href="http://www.solaripedia.com/7/passive.html" target="_blank">Passive Design on Solaripedia</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img alt="" height="231" src="http://ecovillageithaca.org/evi/cache/mod_roksprocket/58fa2e13797900ee1f5bdf6e5137bd1f_256_512.jpg" width="400" /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The EcoVillage <span style="font-size: x-small;">is under</span> construction on its third neighborhood (clearing at top right) that will feature Passive House design. </span></i>Photo by <b>EcoVillage</b>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://www.ecovillageithaca.org/treenew/images/stories/treenh1.jpg" width="400" /> </span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Designed by Jerry Weisburd<span style="font-size: x-small;">, the TREE neighborhood at the EcoVillage features solar power and Passive House features. </span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image by <b>Jerry Weisburd</b>.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></i><br />
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<img height="265" id="yui_3_7_3_3_1361246852358_296" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8313/8074336030_dd45981093_c.jpg" width="400" /> <br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Third Residential EcoVillage Experience (or TREE), will feature solar
technology as well as the cutting-edge design called Passive House in the EcoVillage Community near Ithaca, New York.</span></span></i> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Photo by <b>The Ithacan</b>.</span></span><br />
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<br />Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-56299603156066060142013-02-18T20:03:00.001-08:002013-02-18T20:03:41.941-08:00Work Less to Slow Global Warming, Says Study<h2>
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A new analysis suggests that a more 'European' schedule would reduce the effects of climate change. Th<span style="font-size: x-small;">e</span> article, <a href="http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/04/-study-global-warming-can-be-slowed-by-working-less" target="_blank">Global Warming Can Be Slowed by Working Less</a> by</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: black;">Jason Koebler, reviews a </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">new study by the Center for Economic Policy and Research.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">A worldwide switch to a "more European" work schedule, which includes
working fewer hours and more vacation time, could prevent as much as
half of the expected global temperature rise by 2100, according to the
analysis, which used a 2012 study that found shorter work hours could be
associated with lower carbon emissions.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img alt="A New Yorker braves the scorching sun for a nap on the empty Sheep Meadow of Central Park, July 18, 2006. " src="http://www.usnews.com/pubdbimages/image/43640/FE_DA_0204_nap425x290.jpg" title="(TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)" /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br />A New Yorker naps on the Sheep Meadow of Central Park.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Photo by Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As food security becomes an issue everywhere, more and more people are opting for the ability to raise their own food year-round.
In the Appalachian Mountains, in Blacksburg, Virginia, the local YMCA
has built a solution for climates with cold winters.The YMCA Solar Greenhouse in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, uses a novel way
to store energy collected from the sun: a subterranean heat sink of
soil, rocks and water beneath its interior planting beds. This system is
called the Subterranean Heating and Cooling System (SHCS), and it
collects solar energy and stores it for use when the sun is not shining.
This 18'x32' solar greenhouse is constructed with its long axis running
east and west, instead of north/south; it employs a heavily insulated
north roof as opposed to a transparent or translucent roof on the north side.
When outside conditions are very cold, heat is stored during the day in
the ground and walls of the greenhouse and released during the night to
keep the greenhouse air warm. Other solar greenhouses typically store
the sun’s energy in water barrels and/or rocks along the north wall
inside the greenhouse - taking up valuable floor space. Conventional
greenhouses are also constructed on a long north/south axis, with
glazing on both slopes of the roof; conventional greenhouses tend to
overheat when the sun is shining and get too cold during winter nights. This solar greenhouse was designed by retired physics professor, Dave Roper. At an estimated cost of $35,000USD in 2010, the greenhouse project could seem out
of reach to the average homeowner, but Roper says the design can be
adapted to smaller spaces and could be built using recycled materials, which could bring
costs down.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Skara Brae was inhabited before the Egyptian pyramids were built, and
flourished for centuries before construction began at Stonehenge. After 5,000 years, the houses at Skara Brae still tell a story of the inhabitants' 600 years of culture and history through intact ruins on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The secret of their endurance lies partly in their semi-subterranean stone construction, as well as being covered by sand for eons. The ten homes were buried in ancient middens - which would have provided effective insulative value - and the buildings are connected to each other via mostly underground passageways, forming a tight-knit little village. In 3,000 BCE, the community would have been farther inland, before the sea eroded the shore to where it is today. There may be a lesson in such stone construction; even Thomas Jefferson counseled against structures made of wood, which he believed could never improve a country to any considerable degree. Wood, he wrote, whose duration is estimated at 50 years, becomes a <i>tabula rasa</i> every half century. "Whereas when buildings are of durable materials, every new
edifice is an actual and permanent acquisition to the state, adding to
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Two years ago, in June 2010, we reported that Alcatraz Island was planning to go solar.We're happy to report now that the former prison is host to 1,300 solar panels, powering lights and appliances
that for 75 years were powered by diesel fuel
ferried across San Francisco Bay. Hurray for the National Park Service
(NPS) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL) to bring clean energy to national parks and
landmarks! The 307-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) array sits on the roof of the main
Cellhouse building (shown in the photo), attached to two 2,000-amp-hour battery strings and
an inverter plant. The new 1,300-panel system produces close to 400,000
kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, reducing carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions by about 337,000 kilograms a year and reducing the time the
diesel generator runs from 100% to 40%. The NPS also made energy
efficiency changes, such as better light bulbs and changes in operation
to reduce energy consumption. A massive solar battery system helps power the island when the sun
doesn't shine — and it, too, is hidden from the view of the 1.4 million
visitors the island and prison get each year. <a href="http://www.solaripedia.com/13/255/alcatraz_going_solar_with_1,360_panels.html" target="_blank">http://www.solaripedia.com/13/255/alcatraz_going_solar_with_1,360_panels.html</a></span></div>Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-74848522895785603342012-07-29T08:42:00.000-07:002012-08-04T10:30:56.731-07:00Can We Learn from Animal Constructions?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa points out that animals have developed many inventions familiar to us from our own
construction such as roadways (ants), covered streets (termites), deep wells
(termites), heating and moisture regulation systems (termites, bees, ants and
others), stairways and ramps (termites), and hinged doors with handles
(trap-door spiders). <span style="line-height: 115%;">He says that human behavior and construction are dangerously detached from their
ecological context, partly because we also seek to represent our world symbolically in our
construction. Human architecture is always more dictated by cultural, metaphysical
and aesthetic aims than by pure functionality and reason, he adds. Other animals, however, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">fulfill
strict criteria for economy and efficiency through minimizing the use of
material and labor - sustainable building by necessity for survival and procreation of the species. So how do we combine our technological advances with ecological requirements? Perhaps a look at a few animal constructions can reveal some important answers.</span></span></div>Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-19782288388349349332012-07-24T17:57:00.001-07:002012-08-04T10:31:15.698-07:00Recreation Center in Germany Powers with Solar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">On Germany's Bath Island, the Steinhude Sea Recreation Facility supplies all of its power needs.</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Energy self-sufficiency is achieved with photovoltaic panels, solar hot
water collectors, a seed-oil-fueled cogeneration microturbine,
daylighting, natural ventilation, passive solar design, building
automation, and high-performance materials. These systems provide
complete lighting and power needs for the building, as well as enough
energy to recharge a fleet of eight photovoltaic-powered rental boats,
with excess electricity to sell back to the utility grid. This recreation center also employs graywater reuse and rainwater harvest systems that supply public and staff toilets.</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.solaripedia.com/13/319/Steinhude+Rents+Solar-Powered+Boats.html" target="_blank">http://www.solaripedia.com/13/319/Steinhude+Rents+Solar-Powered+Boats.html</a></span></div>Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433332367772534785.post-43812063488226450832012-07-24T17:50:00.001-07:002012-07-24T17:50:36.928-07:00LEED versus Passive House Standards Commentary<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Check out the commentary by Jacob Gordon. He reviews <a href="http://www.good.is/post/the-good-100-ending-leed%E2%80%99s-monopoly/">LEED versus Passive House standards</a> on The Good 100 blog. Titled </span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">"Follow or Get out of the Way: The household name in green construction needs to innovate in order to keep up with the competition."</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Imagine if teachers gave out grades on the first day of school based on students’ promises of how hard they each plan to study. Oddly, we use this backward system to grade green buildings in the United States.</span></div>Solaripediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16822572764751578127noreply@blogger.com0