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Is retrofitting sustainability measures into existing buildings a cost effective solution? I have been following a discussion of this title initiated by Liz Stanley the Digital Community Manager at UBM Built Environment on Linked-In for the past couple of weeks. Finally after a comment today I just couldn’t keep my opinion to myself any … [Read more...]
Focusing on Practical Green, Sustainable Energy Efficiency or E=MC2, but how do I make toast? Recently the “Zits” Daily Comic Strip showed the main character, a teenager, sitting in a chair contemplating equations, calculus, formula’s and other examples of our fixation with complicated solutions to all problems. The last scene is the … [Read more...]
In my last posting I was dealing with a real life building issue of condensation on the rim band of an insulated, pressurized crawl space. So who cares, it is in the crawl space. Well that is what causes mold, rot and unhealthy living conditions. Many people would say, “See we been telling you are making houses too tight causing other … [Read more...]
Scientists baffled by unusual upper atmosphere shrinkage By Derrick Ho, Special to CNN Shuttle Endeavour is silhouetted against Earth's atmosphere as it prepares to dock with the space station in February. (CNN) -- An upper layer of Earth's atmosphere recently shrank so much that researchers are at a loss to adequately explain it, NASA … [Read more...]
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