Re: [DK GreenRoots] Markos on reducing his carbon footprint

Posted by Law

Yes, home energy audits. Excellent suggestion.
We just bought our first house three months ago, and that's one of the to-do items at the top of my list for the house. (Well, that, and fixing the downstairs toilet that won't flush unless you manually lift the lever that covers the drain from the tank.)
And then, I want to investigate solar panels on the roof. We have good southern-facing options, and maybe some west-facing surface, too.
I haven't been able to read them all, given the holiday obligations that I have, and that is actually one of my complaints: this is not a strategic time of year to put these out there. But that's a much less substantive critique.
Go for it.

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Sven Eberlein <sveneberlein@gmail.com> wrote:
agreed. great idea, it can never hurt to expand the conversation. Especially now that he's come out as an energy geek!

Sven


On Dec 29, 2014, at 3:06 PM, George Mokray <gmoke@world.std.com> wrote:

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>> On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:47 PM, A Siegel <siegead@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Highly recommended series ... and interesting on multiple levels.
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>> Part of which is that Markos links this to policy in terms of what he cares about (no fracking, not sending money to large corporations, etc ...) but doesn't really get into policy (like discussed in Invisible Energy:  http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/08/04/energy-bookshelf-the-power-of-invisible-energy/).  And, when discussing refrigerators for example, no reference to things like Pres Obama comments:  http://getenergysmartnow.com/2011/02/07/president-highlights-refrigerators-to-the-us-chamber-of-commerce-to/) nor to the value/importance of linking energy efficiency into the home financing process: http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/10/15/addressing-home-affordability-through-efficiency-in-financing-process/
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>> I am contemplating writing a response diary -- praising the hell out of this while making suggestions. (For example, how come Markos doesn't suggest home energy audit?  How many are going to be as geeky as him?????)
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> Blower door tests.
> The upcoming CA and EU zero net energy building standards.
> Lots of things to suggest.  Go for it, you energy geek you.
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> Solar IS Civil Defense,
> George Mokray
>
> PS:  Merry Happy New and Bah Humbug!
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