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100803_Business Model 2_Near Zero

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100727_America, Wake Up

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100720_Market Observations: Flex & Thrive in this Market

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100713 Ten Ways To Add Value

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100706 House Flipping Marketing Tips

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100629 You’ll Need Plan B If…

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100622 Zero Energy Renovation #1

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100601 Passive House Design Overview

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Passiv Haus, Dresden, Day 1

The first day of the PassivHaus conference in Dresden showed some clear similarities in the Home Performance Industry in Europe and America as well as some huge differences.   Similarities:   1. The industry on both continents is developing with a strong reliance on subsidies, either government grants or tax credits, or utility rebates.    Testing and certification is essential to this approach and is a backbone of both industries. 2.  The early adopters of deep energy retrofits are usually very expensive.  One home that was showcased today had a $574,000 Euro price tag for the retrofit.    This obviously takes significant subsidy or a "true believer"...Continue Reading!

Oops! I Forgot The Most Cost Effective Green Measure!

On Tuesday's Webinar, I relented and gave a "Top 10" list of Home Performance Measures.    As I explained, the danger in this is that not all houses are the same and so they rarely fit perfectly into this type of prescriptive thinking.    Even more dangerous is to rely on the list and because everything is checked off, not bother thinking about, "What else could I do?" My challenge was to have everyone think of what they would put on their Top 10.   What to add,  What to subtract?     Even before the end of the webinar, my...Continue Reading!