With the adoption of the feed in tariff we will be getting a check at the end of the year for the amount of energy we generate beyond what we use. Edisoncurrently owe us $506.72 for the cumulative generation.
Do it because it makes sense (dollars and cents) – and all the
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As part of their GreenNG initiative, Nothrop Grumman invited Robert for their quarterly guest speaker series. Very high security only added to the drama… The hour long presentation was recorded and will be available on the NG intranet for their 40,000+ employees!
With the adoption of the feed in tariff we will be getting a check at the end of the year for the amount of energy we generate beyond what we use. It is easy to do and it makes sense (dollars and cents)…
The Green Idea House is now featured on the Go100Percent.org site, the first web portal to comprehensively map, track, and aim to form global community around 100% renewable energy projects from around the world. Go100Percent is a project of the Renewables 100 Policy Institute and, like the Green Idea House,
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A great group from one of our key partners, Southern California Edison, came to tour the house yesterday. These are the thoughtful people at SCE who are working on getting us all to two key energy efficiency goals:
The PUC guideline that all new construction is net zero energy by 2020
California
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Kathleen Jacecko, Founder/Director of TeachingGreen, posted an excellent interview about the Green Idea House at: http://teachinggreen.org/the_green_idea_house.html
At the prompting of Pam Townsend, Senior Planner for our City, last week we hosted a meeting with city officials and residents who are experts in green building. The focus of the meeting was to start to capture what we are learning and see how planning policy, codes and incentives
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The very sophisticated LA Confidential magazine used that quote to describe our house in this months issue:
http://la-confidential-magazine.com/living/articles/eco-friendly-home-hermos
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Special thanks to Kathy McDonald for the excellent article.
It was a joy talking about the GIH project at the USGBC’s 2nd Annual Valley Green Building Education Conference this week. Robert was honored to be presenting with Charisse Bartholomew from Healing Spaces by Design, Aravind Batra from P2S Engineering and Arthur Renault from The Reuse People, people who made
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Our total energy use in our old house since 2005 (including the conversion for natural gas usage) averaged 1,561 kwh/month. We are currently averaging about 200 kwh/month in total energy. The reduction in the total energy load is 87% (vs previous house) while adding 800sq.ft!
In addition, we are generating, on
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