Green Tech

"Ten years ago I was building a green home. It had passive solar features, was built out of structural insulated panels, sent all the greywater out to the back yard to water fruit trees, and was going to be super energy efficient. One feature above all others, though, captured people’s attention when I described the house to them — the composting toilet. The first reaction of many of them was: “Ooh. Won’t that stink?”" - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Amy Musser has a PhD in Architectural Engineering and, like me, used to be a college professor. Her husband, Matthew Vande, is an architect with an MS in Architectural Engineering. He is also a treehugger (see the black and white photo below). Together, they founded Vandemusser Design, a firm that provides green design, certification, and consulting. They walk the talk, having designed, built, and moved into their net zero energy home in Asheville, North Carolina." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"They gave an evening presentation on their home at this year's RESNET conference, and this net zero home is impressive. I'll give you an overview here, and you can get more detail from their presentation, which you can download in pdf form from RESNET's site. If you know about HERS ratings and the HERS Index, you may be surprised about one aspect of this home." - imabonehead

"The term “net zero energy home” can mean different things to different people. Basically, it means that you're producing as much energy on site as you're using over the course of a year. The controversy comes in when homes that use natural gas, propane, or other non-electric fuels exempt those other fuels from the calculations. They focus only on the electricity because that's what they can produce on site, typically with photovoltaic (PV) modules mounted to the roof." - imabonehead

"The EV Open Access Act, or SB454, was recently passed by the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee. The bill guarantees plug-in owners "same access" to publicly accessible charging stations as conventional car owners have to gas stations. That means no special access card, password or secret handshake required, just a credit card like any other corner station. It also means pricing transparency when it comes to disclosing charging rates, advocate group Plug In America says." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

"Tuk-tuks are the three-wheeled passenger vehicles commonly used in Asia, and they're often noisy and most-certainly-not-emissions-free. To counter the current state, Japanese start-up company Terra Motors has launched an electric tuk-tuk and thinks its electric tricycle will be a cost competitive taxi in Asia." - imabonehead from Bookmarklet

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