Tag: energy
Making things better with heat pumps
A dear friend of mine, Art Bailey Jr., whom we lost too young to a heart attack, was one of those individuals who could...
We’re talking about our irrigation, sounds like a gusher.
This morning, as I was walking my property, enjoying the coolness of the early day, my neighbor’s sprinkler system turned on. Sadly, due to...
Prettiest girl in the room
Did you ever watch a rom-com from the 1990’s? Invariably some super popular hot ultra cool guy is given a dollar to date some...
Chevron deference and BPS
One of my favorite lines from “Raiders of the Lost Arc” is “They are digging in the wrong place!” That is exactly how I...
Will the CRREM rise to the top?
When I first heard the term “CRREM” I admit that I got excited because I thought it might be a type of filling for...
Rules that make dishwashers, wash machines perform worse also illegal
Plaintiffs argue that the Department of Energy has no legal authority to impose its own water use limits on energy-consuming home appliances. The federal regulations...
Composting considerations
Rolling out a composting program on a multifamily property is hard. It smells. It is super confusing. It is also not always delightful to...
Study and prepare to dominate the test
I am different from my family in many ways. To me the most striking difference is in our disparate aptitudes. If you conduct a...
DoE defines zero
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has released a document defining what qualifies a building to be called “zero emissions”. The DoE states that...
In trash we trust
Continuing last week’s discussion about my trust issues, and battle cry of “Don’t Trust THE GUY.” I would like to examine why we trust...
As irrigation season arrives, adapt to the weather
As we cruise into summer, we anticipate it being warm, hot, or perhaps even stupid hot, depending on where you live in the country....
Where the water goes
People have said to me, “we cannot control our property’s water consumption because we cannot affect what the residents do in their units.” Oh,...
LEED’s bold green overhaul
After more than 10 years, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is putting out a new LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating...
The sun will heat it
As I have shared before, I grew up in a rural part of California in a farmhouse built in 1913 which was surrounded by...
Remembering Earth Day
I know, when people think of U.S. presidents who made significant impacts on the environment, we think of Teddy Roosevelt and the founding of...
