Catherine Mohr is a self admitted geek. An organic food eating, carbon footprint minimilizing, robotic surgery geek. She also wants to build her house green but is supicious of all the well meaning but ultimately materials focused “go green” articles in the media. I don’t claim to agree with everything she says, but I love the presentation [...]
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There have been a lot of marketing dollars spent promoting the advantages of tankless water heaters, but little attention given to the issues that could reduce those advantages. In the last couple of posts in this series, we examined a number of important issues any homeowner needs to weigh before deciding to replace their existing [...]
In the last post we examined tha actual efficiencies of tankless waterheaters apart from the industry claims. We discussed the high upfront cost against the actual savings in dollars. A couple of other issues to keep in mind if considering going tankless: “Cold Water Sandwich” Imagine a common situation we have all experienced. You turn [...]
Tankless or on-demand waterheaters have been enjoying a rising popularity for a number of years now. During my years of custom homebuilding they were considered a must have feature for a number of reasons. They are purported to save energy over a standard storage type waterheater because you aren’t paying for the standbuy losses of heating a tank [...]
Before I weigh in on the question of windows and energy efficiency, let me first say that there are plenty of great reasons to upgrade your windows. Aesthetics would be high on the list, along with improved function and definitely resale value. It’s a no-brainer that all things being equal, you would choose house A [...]
The Walmart Sustainability Index: A Win for Consumers or Just Another Way to Dominate the Market?
Feb 17
Last fall Walmart rolled out a three phase plan to create a label for it’s 100,000 plus products to inform consumers of the environmental impacts of each of those products. Imagine something like the nutrition labels required on food by the FDA except instead of listing calories, fat and protein, it might list the green [...]
Thinking of replacing an existing toilet to reduce your water use, but hesitating because of the expense? Here’s an option you might consider. Brondell has introduced…
