noel on February 27th, 2010

Here I will get on my high horse again.
A list of words being used too often, and thereby lose their true meaning.
In my opinion, these fit the definition of CLICHE. These words are currently being used in the media and opinion places online frequently and, in my opinion, incorrectly. English language [...]

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noel on February 14th, 2010

My younger brother passed away Wednesday.
Steve, we will miss you. I know that the universal force will carry you to a place where pain and suffering don’t exist. God rest your soul.

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noel on December 2nd, 2009

This is a bit of deja vu about energy. Like the last energy crisis. But now they say it is different.
This New York Times article, “A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last” is provocative.
It says this may be an inflection point in our economy and its dependence on energy. [...]

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noel on September 19th, 2009

Corporate geothermal or (ground-coupled or pond-coupled ) HVAC systems are eligible for tax credits under the same law as renewable energy measures tax credits. Renewable energies (wind and solar) and combined heat-power systems get a 30% tax credit. A new geothermal /geocoupled heat pump investment will garner a 10% tax refund, [...]

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noel on May 7th, 2009

Alexander MacColl passed away in February at age 82.
He was headmaster of Moorestown Friends School while I was there. He was also my advisor and mentor for junior and senior years. It was funny that we were both new to the school in September 1969, so I felt an affinity [...]

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noel on April 22nd, 2009

I am starting a new business with my wife, Wendy, rehabilitating distressed homes in northern Virginia. If you have an older home in the metro DC and NOVA region that needs some care, call me. We have not come up with a name for this effort yet.
LEED for Homes connects [...]

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“What is in a name? That which we call a rose
by any other word would smell as sweet.”
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Its not so easy to say overlook this anymore. In an information rich business environment, names are powerful. Naming is important because it enables easy retrieval, as well as recognition by us [...]

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noel on March 2nd, 2009

Learning about new software can be exciting and daunting all at once.
I am talking about the new and improved version of Autodesk Revit MEP that came out in April last year and was updated massively in the fall.
I am learning a lot from a variety of sources, among them, the Revit [...]

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noel on January 31st, 2009

I had a growing feeling the past few years that we were lagging the Europeans in building energy science. Now this is eloquently expressed here by Jerry Yudelson:
Yudelson said European countries tend to lead the U.S. in sustainable building practices because Europeans “don’t like to waste resources. You go to a country [...]

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noel on September 16th, 2008

We need it for our childrens future . We need alternatives to old-fashioned, expensive and dirty fossil energy.

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