The Green Revolution – Why now?
Share Most Americans have no idea where their power and utilities come from. We’ve been blessed with the ability (for those that pay their bills) to turn on the lights with a flip of the switch. However to transfer this amount of power to your home, neighborhood, city, county and state is a massive undertaking, and frankly it’s being questioned if it’s a sustainable model, or in other words, it’s not working anymore. There are 6 colliding... Read More
Microsoft Hohm and Fargo
Share Recently I was able to head up to North Dakota to do interviews with a variety of people in the town. This video was just used in the announcement for the Microsoft Hohm partnership with Excel Energy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-rIgzIFTs&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Read More
Hohm – Condo & Apartment Update
ShareBy popular demand Hohm is now available for condos and apartments. The screen shot below show that in “The Essentials” section you can now select a condo or apartment for the “Type of home”. When you select a condo or apartment the questions throughout Hohm will be modified to better fit those living situations. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqQ4vBsXNbE&hl=en&fs=1&] Read More
Seattle City Lights Announces Data Feeds
ShareToday Seattle City Light is the first utility to announce that it is offering customers the ability to link their electricity consumption data with Microsoft Hohm.”Our customers understand that energy conservation means lower bills and less impact on our environment,” Superintendent Jorge Carrasco said. “We want to help them use less of our product by giving them the tools like Hohm to manage their energy use wisely.” City Light... Read More
Solar Energy – Installing Solar Panels
ShareHere’s another video that I created recently for Microsoft Hohm. In this video I met up with Jeremy owner of Puget Sound Energy. During our conversation he goes through some great points about solar energy. I do have some B-side tape with some other great talking points but where out of the spectrum for use with Hohm. If you would like to see the B-side tapes leave a comment and I’ll put something together. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtVt-6Kbmvg&hl=en&fs=1&] Read More
Solar Power
ShareReeves is the founder of A&R Soler in Seattle Washington. He brings some great points to the table when it comes to installing solar on your home. This was another project that I worked on for Microsoft Hohm. Let me know what you think of the video and ways I can make them better. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5wv-78fO1k&hl=en&fs=1&] Read More
Sustainable Living
ShareI had the chance to meet Ben Kaufman owner of GreenWorks Realty for an interview. Below is a paraphrased synopsis of the interview. Let us know what your thoughts are and if you have any feedback on the interview. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch4ayyGutC0&hl=en&fs=1&] Why did you focus your environmental passion on realty? The lowest hanging fruit…the easiest thing that we can do…the biggest bang for the buck and... Read More
Energy Audit
ShareIn this project I followed Dan Wildenhaus with Green Dog Enterprises, inc. while he taught a class of up and coming energy auditors. This video series is dedicated to green builders and innovators that develop new green practices directly related to homes. If you know people that are doing some great things for green building that could use some exposure please let us know. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgfbYl8hQ4&hl=en&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jib8-flLvU&hl=en&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwulovPauI&hl=en&fs=1&] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYa_e9qmXp8&hl=en&fs=1&] Read More
Energy Efficiency In Your Home
ShareAnother project that I started for Microsoft Hohm was interview with green builders in the Pacific Northwest. Jon Alexander from Sunshine Construction was the first green builder that I interviewed. He has been involved with green building for 18 years. During this interview I had the chance to sit down with him to discuss some of the major issues around the built environment. Jon is extremely passionate about green building and shares some... Read More
