We like to say that, “A house is a system”. If you change one thing in a system, something else is likely to change. It’s not always something that you are expecting to change. The spotlight over the sink in the kitchen may generate enough heat on the surface of the roof above to melt the snow. The water runs down the roof and freezes, … Continue reading NEBSI & System Dynamics
A house is meant to be a shelter from the weather, a small, controlled subsection of the planet earth where a family can live safely and comfortably. Caves worked but they were hard to keep warm. But they mostly kept the rain off and blocked some of the wind. House design has advanced over the years becoming safer and more protective. Most of the time. … Continue reading Remembering Common Sense
I am really, truly glad that there are new minds getting into the solar and energy efficiency world. When I got into this business back in 1977, everything was new . . . to me at least. There were numerous luminaries out there who became my heroes. The fundamentals of the second law of thermodynamics were true then and are true now, but technology has … Continue reading Innovations Under the Sun
