Recently I was in the market for a timer for my table lamp. I always used to forget to turn off my lamp when I was leaving. Thanks to this habit of mine I was paying for electricity that I … Continued
The impetus to change from the oil empire of Texas and Alberta and Saudi and Russian and Venezuela etc is hard for humans. Even though we are in a brief rest from $100/barrel we will go back soon and most … Continued
We were only able to visit one of the stops on the annual Orlando Solar tour on 10-2-10 but it was a great stop at a downtown homeowner who was very gracious and passionate in showing off his system and … Continued
We walk and bike alot around our neighborhood here in central Florida. Sadly we are almost run down by sporty autos at least once a week. These higher performance sports cars ie Audis, Mercedes, Lexus, etc are driven way too … Continued
Obviously the largest warming influence on the Earth is the Sun. Seems like discussion of the Sun’s activity on the Earth is not mentioned as often as should be by climatologist’s discussion global warming. The Economist magazine has a good … Continued
Not sure where we picked this up but we have read the general theme a few other places that being that LEED is a bit light on defining true energy saving. It is being changed constantly and hopefully strengthened but … Continued
Development of Florida’s beautiful natural environment has gone on since the Native Americans ruled the land. But the impact of Native Americans did not come close to that of the European Americans who have added almost 12 million humans to … Continued
Biodiversity is sadly recognition that plants and animals are allowed by man to continue their lives without threat of extinction either from man’s direct actions or indirectly from climate change which must partially be attributed to man. Since most humans … Continued
We recently started receiving the Green Business Quarterly. It’s an interesting recap of what’s going on in the Green world of architecture and engineering of largely commercial space. There is an advertisement that accompanies the write-ups on each given company … Continued
Heard a great interview on Bloomberg radio with Kathleen Hays, the Hays Advantage, on 9-21-10.You may be able to find it if you go to the Bloomberg Radio website. We like Kathleen Hays since she is smart, a trained economist, … Continued
