by John Pitney | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
R-val·ue: noun The capacity of an insulating material to resist heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating power. R-Value is the capacity to resist. It’s been an astounding week where R-Value is concerned. We began Sunday afternoon...
by John Pitney | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hey Net-Zerofites! We had a fabulous gathering and Net-Zero-In-Progress Tour at 928 Cedar, Sunday afternoon. When we sent out the invitations a month ago, it was deemed the Pitney Pad Party, thinking we’d at least have the pad in place by November 1. We invited people...
by John Pitney | Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The raising of walls at 928 NW Cedar coincided with the Jewish festival of Sukkot, referred to in Hebrew as Z’man Simchateinu, “the time of our rejoicing.” After the long, hot summer with no construction in sight, we certainly did our happy dance! But there’s more: in...
by John Pitney | Oct 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Our house will be Passive House Certified. Not to be confused with a passive solar home, the term passive house (Passivhaus in German) refers to a rigorous, voluntary standard for energy efficiency, resulting in ultra-low energy buildings. Our house will be so well...
by John Pitney | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
The morning of September 15, the excavating machine arrived, the champagne was poured. We paused to gather with builders, excavators, our minister and 3 of our newest neighbors to think about what we are doing. Builder, John Mead, of Cellar Ridge Construction captured...
by John Pitney | Sep 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
To get our Net-Zero project going, 20 of us–friends and family, our son, daughter and partners from both coasts–gathered on a half-rainy/half-sunny week in March for the Demolition Derby. Taking out frustrations with big hammers is seriously underrated!!!...
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