Jul 7, 2011 | Energy & Water, Green Home Building/Remodeling, Green Home Living, LEED Certification
We had some major hail damage in Minneapolis back on May 10th (which I write about in a more recent post), and the areas that we have a green roof are the only ones that do not need replacement! I write about the benefits of the green roof in a blog post on a...
Jun 15, 2011 | Energy & Water, Green Home Living
Our solar panels were installed and became operational (not the same thing; see solar saga story) on October 30, 2010. We had just missed a most beautiful, sunny October, weather that did not require heat or air conditioning and therefore was potentially a month in...
Jun 8, 2011 | Energy & Water, Green Home Living
Someone took my business idea! A few years ago, I had written a business plan for “Green Squad” — a company I wanted to start to help homeowners green up their homes. The reason I wrote the plan was that I felt there was a great need for a more...
Feb 2, 2011 | Energy & Water, Green Home Building/Remodeling, Green Home Living, LEED Certification, Water
As I am scrounging around for another few points to hit the Gold level threshold for our soon-t0-be LEED Certified home, I am advised to do an easy thing, that is worth two points: install aerators in all of our sink faucets (except the kitchen sink). Aerators lower...
Mar 1, 2010 | Energy & Water, Green Home Building/Remodeling, Green Home Living
This week I have started preparing all the paperwork for the April 15th tax deadline. I wanted to make sure we could take all the tax credits that surely were coming our way after investing so much time and money into building a soon-to-be LEED Certified home. It’s...
