The content committee for the MIT Energy Hackathon, November 3-5, has accepted my challenge on "Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure in the Caribbean After the Hurricanes.” With luck, an extremely knowledgeable and expert team of MIT and other … [Read more...]
Building Energy Trade Show
Building Energy March 4-6 2014 Seaport WTC, Boston RSVP at https://events.thepulsenetwork.com/Attendee/Default.aspx?C=70000145&M=20000005&Mode=HTML Cost: $49 to $649 Free Trade Show pass with promo code: BASEAATBE14 (courtesy … [Read more...]
Net Zero and Beyond
Cambridge, MA has been debating a net zero energy and/or emissions standard (http://www.netzerocambridge.org) for new buildings over 25,000 square feet since the Spring of 2013, partially because of an ecodistrict plan with MIT and others … [Read more...]
MA Senate Bill 177: Fueling Jobs Through Energy Efficiency
Just went to an all morning meeting on PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy), a means of financing energy efficiency and renewables through property taxes, a method that has been successful for commercial and industrial buildings in … [Read more...]
Retiring NE’s Coal and Oil Electric Plants
The Restructuring Roundtable is a mostly monthly (it takes the summer months off) meeting of the energy sector in Boston that takes a morning to discuss energy issues in depth with the major players from all around NE. There is also much … [Read more...]
Weatherization Barnraising Results
Here's the announcement and work plan that HEET sent out before the event: Weatherization Barnraising Saturday, June 26th 12:30-5:00 p.m. Attic air-sealing Saturday, June 19th 9-2 Cambridge YWCA Emergency Family Shelter 3 Bigelow Street, … [Read more...]
Global Swadeshi: Flat-Pack Emergency Home
Add a hand-crank or pedal-powered generator to the solar and you have a reliable supply of electricity day or night, by sunlight or muscle power, a secondary solar source. Solar IS Civil Defense Add a bicycle and you have … [Read more...]
Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on June 13
Our band, the "Band Joists" will play again Learn new skills in lowering energy bills Meet new people in a non-socially awkward setting cause you're all holding hammers and busy working Help the Democracy Center, a nonprofit that houses … [Read more...]
How to Change US Energy in One Growing Season
2. Continue with weatherization and solar community events. Cambridge, MA has been doing monthly weatherization barnraisings since the summer of 2008. Since then, at least 18 other nearby and distant communities have … [Read more...]
Thought Experiment: Fastfood Containers Recycled into Solar Devices
All that I know about simple solar is online at http://solarray.blogspot.com/2... http://solarray.blogspot.com/2... Solar IS Civil Defense cross posted to dailykos.com, eurotrib.com, globalswadeshi.net, and greenmassgroup … [Read more...]