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So just where the hell is Al Gore?

aquacura.com — 2010-02-15T17:12:44-05:00

I hope you haven't missed Rush and Glenn spraying their microphones with spittle as they vituperate against Al Gore.

More sustainable brewing

aquacura.com — 2010-01-12T12:56:03-05:00

I haven't tried any Odell's beers. I am familiar with several of the brews produced by New Belguim in Fort Collins CO.

Plumbing forum

aquacura.com — 2010-01-12T08:18:40-05:00

I've opened a new category, a very practical one: Plumbing.

I've found a useful forum for plumbing questions. Useful to professionals and diy-ers alike.

Plumbing Forum

Sustainable brewing - and great beer!

aquacura.com — 2010-01-04T12:57:09-05:00

The Sierra Nevada brewery in Chico CA has achieved a high level of sustainability. Measures include:

* Construction of one of the biggest private solar arrays in the United States. This solar project produces over 1.4 MW of AC power for the brewery.

* Installation of co-generation boilers, which harvest the waste heat from processing equipment and produce steam for boiling the beer and other heating needs.

* Implementation of a recycling program which diverted a total of 33,038 tons of materials (98.2% of the total waste) from landfill disposal in 2007.

* Sierra Nevada joined the EPA’s SmartWay program in 2008 as a commitment to sustainable transportation.

And they make great beer. IMHO, their Celebration Ale, a seasonal that is probably still available at your local distributor, is the benchmark for IPAs.

For the full article, click here.

Bicycling goal for 2007

aquacura.com — 2007-04-02T18:23:47-05:00

I haven't said much about my mileage goal in 2007. Last year I fell short of the 4000 miles I had projected. This year, the weather has made it difficult to get many miles.

NAHB says residential market is going green

aquacura.com — 2007-04-02T18:17:15-05:00

We've been seeing references to green building practices in newspapers, popular magazines, and in the trade press for the past year or so. This year, the National Association of Homebuilders' green building conference in St. Louis attracted a good-sized crowd.

Time to raise the volume

aquacura.com — 2007-03-18T13:57:25-05:00

Well, it has been far too long since I posted an entry. Last week I attended the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association conference in Boston (getting out of town just before the snow). I guess I'd summarize my feelings as, "It's time to raise the volume."

Wal-Mart tries again

aquacura.com — 2007-01-02T21:55:22-05:00

An article in today's New York Times described Wal-Mart's intention to sell millions of high efficiency light bulbs, and the significant resistance the company is feeling from light bulb manufacturers that aren't particularly anxious for consumers to go in the high efficiency direction.

I finally watched An Inconvenient Truth

aquacura.com — 2006-12-28T09:21:20-05:00

Since I received An Inconvenient Truth for Christmas, I watched it, and came away with some useful insights.

Newly discovered IPA

aquacura.com — 2006-12-19T09:09:33-05:00

I have been waiting for Troeg's Brewery in Harrisburg to make a new batch of Nugget Nectar, the triple-hopped IPA they released early in 2006. Vainly, so far.

Nuclear power

aquacura.com — 2006-12-03T18:05:01-05:00

As global consensus regarding the threats of climate change gathers, nuclear power seems to be moving toward a come back. The industry is claiming that reactors will be much safer this time. Really.

Cost of Green -- Part MCMVII

aquacura.com — 2006-11-22T07:33:21-05:00

I seem to be one of few (if any) green building professionals advocating a different way of framing the "cost of green" discussion.

Carl Hiaasen

aquacura.com — 2006-11-20T20:25:59-05:00

Carl Hiaasen http://www.carlhiaasen.com/ is a novelist and columnist for The Miami Herald. His novels are populated by charaters who are hard to describe. But the casts work well. A Hiaasen novel is hard to put down.

Greenbuild closing plenary address

aquacura.com — 2006-11-20T20:08:46-05:00

The closing address was made by Jeffrey Sachs, the director of Columbia University's Earth Institute http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/. He was a principal author of the UN's Millenium Project.

2006 Greenbuild conference

aquacura.com — 2006-11-20T19:53:18-05:00

I spent last week in Denver, attending the Greenbuild conference. The opening plenary address was delivered by Bill McDonough http://www.mcdonough.com/full.htm. It set the tone for the conference.