January 15, 2013
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SEON or Sustainable Energy Outreach Network is a relatively new organization in the Brattleboro area. The mission from the website is to “establish a network that promotes Southeastern Vermont and its neighboring regions as a vibrant center of sustainable energy.” … Continue reading
May 9, 2011
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Building Science gives me a headache. I read the usual sites: Greenbuildingadvisor.com, building science.com, plus a few others, I attend seminars, I get all the proper magazines, I belong to the correct organizations such as the USGBC. I’m a good … Continue reading
September 22, 2009
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http://musingsfromdave.blogspot.com/ Here is a process blog from some folks I helped to design an addition for last winter. It was the sort of project where having an architect payed off (if I remember some of the early schemes they came … Continue reading
August 18, 2009
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This is a simple project I did entirely in Photoshop after a site visit to take some photos and talk to the owner. The original house needs updating for a number of reasons. Most of what it needs is rather … Continue reading
May 8, 2009
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We are in the pricing phase of this project. The builder has done an itemized estimate and I am double checking it to see if anything is unreasonably under or over. I do this by cross checking with numbers from … Continue reading
December 21, 2008
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The scratching of one’s head goes on a lot on a typical job site. More than most people realize, more than the future homeowners would like to know, even those doing the scratching.
December 7, 2008
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As a client you don’t want to be funding another job that the builder is losing money on and you don’t want to be the job they are losing money on either. Continue reading