economy Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/economy/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:31:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 How Do We Get More Diversity in Green Building and Home Performance? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-do-we-get-more-diversity-in-green-building-and-home-performance/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-do-we-get-more-diversity-in-green-building-and-home-performance/#view_comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-do-we-get-more-diversity-in-green-building-and-home-performance I’m a white male. I know, I know. You saw my name and thought I was woman. It’s not the first time that’s happened. My 10th grade biology teacher refused to believe that I was Allison Bailes on the first…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-do-we-get-more-diversity-in-green-building-and-home-performance/feed/ 17 Not All Knowledge Comes from College https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/not-all-knowledge-comes-from-college/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/not-all-knowledge-comes-from-college/#view_comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=not-all-knowledge-comes-from-college Do you really need to go to college? If your heart’s not in it, you can’t find a field of study that excites you, and your college degree doesn’t help your job prospects, the answer may be no. But what…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/not-all-knowledge-comes-from-college/feed/ 14 Happy New Year from the Energy Vanguard Blog! https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/happy-new-year-from-the-energy-vanguard-blog/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/happy-new-year-from-the-energy-vanguard-blog/#view_comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=happy-new-year-from-the-energy-vanguard-blog It’s 2012, and I’m excited about the potential of the new year. I went to Possum Drop to ring in this new year, and we burned another possum effigy, this one loaded with more fireworks than ever and dressed to…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/happy-new-year-from-the-energy-vanguard-blog/feed/ 6 The Mad Housers – Not Your Average Cup of Tea https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-mad-housers-not-your-average-cup-of-tea/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-mad-housers-not-your-average-cup-of-tea/#view_comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=the-mad-housers-not-your-average-cup-of-tea I talk about homes here in the Energy Vanguard blog all the time – new ENERGY STAR homes, HVAC systems to heat and cool homes, home energy audits… Today I’m going to talk about the homeless. I talk about homes…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-mad-housers-not-your-average-cup-of-tea/feed/ 8 Has the Long Emergency Begun? Peak Oil and the Economic Downturn https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn/#view_comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn Seven years ago, I became obsessed with the topic of peak oil. I had to read everything about it that I could find. I was one of the first subscribers to The Oil Drum. I went to peak oil conferences.…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/has-the-long-emergency-begun-peak-oil-and-the-economic-downturn/feed/ 12 Why Can’t Every New Home Be a High Performance Home? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home/#view_comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home A recent discussion on LinkedIn got me thinking about this question again. If you’ve spent any time here in the Energy Vanguard blog, you know that one of the things I do a lot is point out bad HVAC design,…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/why-cant-every-new-home-be-a-high-performance-home/feed/ 33 Cajuns, Living Down the Bayou, and Peak Oil https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil/#view_comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil I’m not a Cajun myself, but I lived with the Cajuns in south Louisiana for eight years. In 1971, my mom moved us to that area, and we ended up in a place called Chauvin on a narrow strip of…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/cajuns-living-down-the-bayou-and-peak-oil/feed/ 10 Does Energy Efficiency Drive Home Builders out of Business? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/does-energy-efficiency-drive-home-builders-out-of-business/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/does-energy-efficiency-drive-home-builders-out-of-business/#view_comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=does-energy-efficiency-drive-home-builders-out-of-business A couple of months ago, I was reading a discussion in one of the many LinkedIn groups that I belong to and came acros a comment arguing that energy efficiency requirements drive builders out of business. Here’s part of what…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/does-energy-efficiency-drive-home-builders-out-of-business/feed/ 20 News Flash: Americans Use Less Energy When It Costs More https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/news-flash-americans-use-less-energy-when-it-costs-more/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/news-flash-americans-use-less-energy-when-it-costs-more/#view_comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=news-flash-americans-use-less-energy-when-it-costs-more On Twitter yesterday, I saw this from my Ohio Twitter buddy Josh Lloyd: On Twitter yesterday, I saw this from my Ohio Twitter buddy Josh Lloyd: I wrote about energy conservation versus energy efficiency last year and showed how things…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/news-flash-americans-use-less-energy-when-it-costs-more/feed/ 7 Declining Oil Discoveries – The Truth Behind Peak Oil https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/declining-oil-discoveries-the-truth-behind-peak-oil/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/declining-oil-discoveries-the-truth-behind-peak-oil/#view_comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=declining-oil-discoveries-the-truth-behind-peak-oil Peak oil has gotten a lot of attention over the past five years or so, though many still don’t know about it and most who have heard about it, I suspect, don’t believe it. The basic premise of peak oil…

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