There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you can build a new one. All of the options can make your head spin
Solar power is on sale Maybe the biggest opportunity for homeowners is through the Residential Clean Energy Credit. The government is returning 30% of costs for installing solar energy in your home through federal tax credits. So for example, if you spend $10,000 setting up a solar power system,
We hear a lot about the impact of plastic, but the truth is, the material is good at what it was made for. It’s cheap to manufacture, at about 1 cent per bag. It’s durable enough to withstand heat and cold, which makes it the perfect container to
CO2 is infamous for being the major culprit of climate change, but what if this global warming villain could turn into a green energy hero? Believe it or not, carbon dioxide may be a key component in developing a new green battery that can be quickly deployed around the world.
Off the coast of Noli, Italy there is a garden growing 25 feet below the ocean. Nemo's Garden is an experiment is sustainable agriculture. They have six plastic biospheres that are testing aquaculture by growing basil, strawberries, lettuce, and other leafy greens, which have a team scuba divers
Startup food company Vow Food is using bioengineering to grow meat in cleanroom environments. Vow believes that the future of meat is, instead of plant based protein, lab grown meats. These meats in the future could become household names. Vow currently has a quail like meat product that they formed
Carbon capture technology is held up as both an essential piece of our renewable energy transition and a last ditch effort of the fossil fuel industry to keep polluting. Regardless of which side of the debate you’re on, there’s been a lot of advancements in recent years. Most
Plastic has been the staple of our manufacturing industry over the last 60 years. It was made to last … and it did… to the point that it’s now everywhere on the planet, even in our bodies. We’ve been struggling to find a greener alternative to this pollution threat.
Near the end of last year I published a video on solid hydrogen storage and it got a lot of questions, critiques, and push back from some of you. In some cases, rightfully so, and in other cases, not so much. In trying to simplify a pretty complex topic, I
Geothermal energy has the potential to be an always-on power source for countries around the world. However, it hasn’t been the hottest renewable energy option because drilling deep enough into the earth to reach sufficiently high temperatures is difficult and costly. Yet, a startup has recently unearthed a solution
Many of us still rely on fossil fuels for heating our homes, either by burning something like natural gas for heat or by using it to produce electricity to power space heaters and air conditioners. Typical resistive electric heat is 100% efficient. For every Watt you put in, you get
It’s been almost 4 years since I had solar panels installed on my house, which is located in Massachusetts. In general they’ve been performing pretty close to what was promised, but last year threw us some curveballs that made me a little concerned. I saw a pretty sharp