Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, said “without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business.” A brilliant comprehension. Scanning […]
Continue reading »I recently gave a presentation at Building Energy 2017 in Boston, called Redundancy, Diversity, Connectivity: optimizing your projects, your business, your life, and I was […]
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“Your position is redundant”. “Let’s not be redundant.” “We seek efficiency so let’s eliminate redundancies.” All dreaded uses of the word and derivations of “redundant”. […]
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A friend shared a video today about whales, and how we are now discovering that their presence in the oceans is part of an exceptionally […]
Continue reading »I had a great discussion with my brother-in-law while in Rotterdam (Netherlands). He is exceptionally intelligent, politically savvy, and knows we need to deal with […]
Continue reading »In the HVAC realm, engineers understand diversity factors. You size the systems understanding that not every space will be requiring full airflow all the time, […]
Continue reading »My son just came home from a week-long school trip to Boston. The point was for the class to learn about American history in Salem and […]
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The toughest thing about sustainability is that it takes more thought and planning, and often takes more work in initial implementation. The benefits include a […]
Continue reading »I’ve had an interesting conversation on Facebook the past few days, which has reminded my that there are very few people who truly understand that […]
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My son and I colored Easter eggs yesterday, finally using a natural method to do so instead of buying the infamous PAAS kits for coloring, […]
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