Efficiency / Discussions

I'm upgrading all plumbing lines. Which material do you say is the best to use for residential plumbing? Copper, PEX, others? You will often see Pex tubing in most new home construction nowadays since it is so much faster and cheaper to install than copper piping. The main speed advantage with installing pex tubing com...

...efficiency tips for homes.

I have a 36' x 36' cottage style bungalow with 2 x 6 walls with spray foamed 9' walls, vaulted southern kitchen and living room with passive solar window design and 6' overhang on south& west walls. 1 1/2" R 7.5 styro on the outside of exterior walls as wekll as 4' pony wall crawl space. Electric forced air duct sy...

...efficiency zero net energy homes - video In our 2015 demo house build  (the LEED V4  Platinum Edelweiss House) we used the Mitsubishi Mr. Slim Mini-split heat pump as seen in the video on that link above, and we were really happy with it. That one is not ducted, and it has an infrared sensor that tracks occupants to pr...