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The ‘Pre-Fab’ Boom A pre-fab home under construction as a boom-truck lowers a section into position. Courtesy photos By John Connell Though currently the darling of residential design and construction media, “prefab” is much more than a passing fashion. Much more likely to pass is the notion that prefab necessarily implies […] Whitchurch Passive House cottage. Courtesy photo By Barbara and Gregory Whitchurch Over the years, Green Energy Times has run quite a few articles about Passive House, so it’s likely you’ve seen the term. (Don’t confuse it with “passive solar,” which is just one aspect of Passive House). So what exactly is it, and […] Woodstock, NY Passive House in the fall. Photo courtesy of Daniel Levy, Ph.D By Marie Caruso A house recently built in Woodstock, NY, could be the vanguard of the future in zero-energy housing. Daniel Levy, Ph.D., a former industrial education professor and certified Passive House consultant and builder, has constructed a two-story, 2350 […] Julia Lloyd Wright and Danny Bonta – hanging the banner for the Weathersfield area kick-of By Sarah Brock More than 130 Upper Valley residents turned out last month for a series of Weatherize Upper Valley Kick-Off events in Norwich, Randolph, Royalton, and Weathersfield. The events marked the beginning of Weatherize Upper Valley, a […] Lake Champlain. Credit: Wikimedia By Kirsti Blow, Center for Research on Vermont In light of the uncertain political atmosphere that poses a threat to Vermont’s climate, a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists reveals how clean energy could work financially for the state. With the basis of existing wind and solar power, […] By Dr. Alan K. Betts It is time to look back on 2016 and ahead at 2017. Last year was again the warmest on record, well ahead of 2015, which itself set a new globaltemperature record. The seaice cover, which is shrinking as the planet warms, is near record lows at both poles […] Lake Pleasant Drive, Staatsburg, NY. Photo courtesy of C. Klocker By George Harvey Climate change is not uniform. This is a fact that needs to be repeated often, because so few people understand. Different parts of the world will warm more than others. Different seasons and different parts of the day warm more […] Extreme Precipitation Projections to Help New York State with Planning January 17, 2017 – Hurricanes Irene, Sandy, and Lee are examples of extreme precipitation events that have caused destruction and deaths in New York State. In 2009 alone, 175 total flooding events in New York State led to $32.82 million in property damage. The state […] A NEMO float, part of the global Argo array of ocean sensing stations, deployed in the Arctic from the German icebreaker Polarstern Bremerhaven. (Photo courtesy of Argo) By Robert Sanders, Media relations | JANUARY 4, 2017 A controversial paper published two years ago that concluded there was no detectable slowdown in ocean warming […] Climate Action is Up to Cities and States Now By Ben Jervey, Institute for Energy and the Environment, Vermont Law School If President Donald Trump sticks to pledges he made on the campaign trail—and so far he is proving to do just that—the federal government won’t be taking any action to reduce national greenhouse gas […] |
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