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The Obama Energy Plan and our Homes
How will Obama’s energy polices affect our homes? We won’t really know until his proposals are debated and enacted by congress, but we can get a sense of what might happen from his campai… more →
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The Obama Energy Plan and our Homes
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: How will Obama’s energy polices affect our homes? We won’t really know until his propos … more →
Conduction, Insulation, and Zero Energy Homes
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: The concept of conduction is how we normally think of heat loss/gain in a home. When you put your c … more →
The LEED Narrative – Going Beyond
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: I received an email this morning from Scot Horst , who chairs the LEED Steering Committee. He descri … more →
State of the Union 2010
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John Van Doren wrote 1 year ago: “[The President] shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the Union and … more →
"One Last Chance" for a Sustainable Future?
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “It has often been said that, if the human species fails to make a go of it here on the Earth, some … more →
Fantasy Economics and the Sustainable Society Revolution
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “Macroeconomic theory in our text books conveniently behaves as if the ecosystem does not exist all … more →
Definitions of Sustainability and a Steady State World
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: ”…the world’s richest 20 per cent of the population consume 86 per cent of its goods and … more →
More Musings on Sustainable Building - The Case for a Zero Energy Building Standard
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “. . . to be considered sustainable by any rigorous definition, buildings must become energy n … more →
The Road to Energy Zero Homes - Understanding Your Energy Baseline
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: If you’re setting out to convert your home to a “zero energy” building standard, then it … more →
The Road to Energy Zero Homes - Metrics
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “All healing is essentially the release from fear.”- A Course in Miracles If you’v … more →
Energy, Carrying Capacity, and Sustainable Building
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “By their own follies they perished, the fools.” – Homer, The Odyssey The growth of civi … more →
Musings on the Meaning of "Sustainable" and "Green"
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: The current state of our green, sustainable building “movement” may amount to nothing more than rear … more →
Facing a Painful Future Reality of Sustainability
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John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: “People cannot stand too much reality” – Carl Jung I’ve been musing lately about exactly … more →
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Net Zero Energy
John Van Doren wrote 2 years ago: A large part of the collective dynamic that shapes our environment is embedded in the American cultu … more →
