Power corrupts, and wind power corrupts pristine ridgelines. Maybe it doesn't have to.
Wind faces fierce opposition in Vermont; this Searsburg operation is the only existing project.I've always assumed that opponents of wind power were just displaying a faux-green kind of NIMBYism. If these protestors really cared about the environment, they would be in favor of wind power, right?
Feeling bombarded with confusing information about measures of radiation? We sort out the millisieverts from the becquerels.
What is the measure of the time between slipping on a peel and hitting the pavement?
One bananosecond.
What is the ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter?
Eskimo pi.
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Risk perception is irrational and does not respond well to data. Can we make the leap from science to persuasion without leaving the facts behind?
Looking for clean renewables in the pie chart of post-Fukushima global energy consumption? Try under “Other.”
Two parents—identified by the caption—have their backs to the camera, ten feet away. The father is standing, and the mother crouching, both looking into what looks like a tangled pile of debris, but which we are told is a vehicle at a driving school in Miyagi Prefecture. The body of their daughter, killed by the tsunami, is trapped inside. I can only imagine the grief on their faces and in their hearts.
In the June issue of Environmental Building News last year, we published one of those slap-in-the-face, wake-up-call articles that forces people to rethink conventional wisdom. Most of us had long thought that more insulation was almost always better in saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. After all, the more insulation we install, the less energy gets used in the building and the less carbon dioxide is emitted.
When the Modernists declared that form follows function, did they really intend for the built environment to look so ... dreary? Maybe beauty is an essential building function--not just something for the interior designer to work out at the end.
Market-based solutions only get us so far: we need policies, too, and fast. David Orr stares political reality right in the eye, and refuses to back down.
David OrrWhen David Orr began his keynote speech on full-spectrum sustainability at the Building Energy conference yesterday, I was sitting in my car at a dead stop near the Harvard campus, furious with myself (and everyone else) for not taking public transit.
A new LEED for Homes tool can help designers get the jump on certification--and is great for homeowners too.
Over the years, there have been as many as three cotton insulation manufacturers, but for the last several years there has only been one: Bonded Logic, which makes UltraTouch batt insulation, along with duct insulation and sound-control panels.
We spend a lot of time and money making our homes more energy efficient. Whether adding insulation, upgrading windows, replacing incandescent light bulbs, or replacing appliances, efforts we make to use less energy save us money and help the environment. But what about where we live?
Update: The LEED Interpretations database was moved and relaunched in April 2013. Its new location is Update: The LEED Interpretations database was upgraded in Oct. 2011.
Froling is a leading Austrian manufacturer of wood-burning heating equipment. The company's cordwood and pellet boilers distributed in North America by Tarm Biomass (previously BioHeat USA), in Lyme, New Hampshire.
