wwaddell on May 30th, 2010

As usual, it’s been way too long since I got you caught up on where we are with our own Passive Solar Home design and building project. Here’s what’s happend since my last update:

The house design: …

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wwaddell on March 6th, 2009

Compared to same month last year I saw a reduction from 2800 to 2100 HW hours. That’s a reduction of 25%!!! This will only serve to increase the amount of savings I will see once my solar panels go online…

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wwaddell on February 26th, 2009

Home energy consumption is one of the main problems people are having in today’s economy. The fact is, we all need electricity to power much of our lives. We want the level of comfort that is provided by today’s electricity. However, most of us also know that the price we pay for that electicity is just too expensive now to just take it for granted.

In the true spirit of inginuity found in humanity, people today are doing what they have always done when faced with something that does not meet their needs in life… they

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wwaddell on February 5th, 2009

Hello again Solar Building News friend, My favorite vendors at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas this year were the concrete stain and stamp vendors. I took more literature home and spent more time talking to this group than any other at the show. Since we are planning on building a combination passive and [...]

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