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Got Monitoring?
Our house has a few types of monitors at the moment: electricity use at the whole house and circuit level via a eMonitor** outside weather conditions (via a Onset U30 weather station) ** inside temp/RH...
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Things I would do differently…
Not to be a downer, as the house is really AMAZING, appears to be performing right in line with estimates we made for heat load and UA and the more detailed PHPP workup. But I can’t help it, there are...
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Monitoring your house (or solar heating system) temps
What fun is having a superinsulated, almost passivhaus, almost(?) net-zero energy house without monitoring temperatures and relative humidity I say! So here is a summary of what I’ve figured out on...
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Experimenting and sharing the results
“I built a [solar thermal heating] system that I subsequently figured out didn’t make the most sense – why can’t others discuss the shortcomings of their experiments? People must like story-telling...
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Our House for Sale: 147 N Shore Dr, Stow, MA 01775
It pains me to say it, but our house is for sale. We love love love this place, but the daily carpool/commute to our kid’s school in N Framingham is killing us. It’s 17*4 = 68 minutes in a car. When it...
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It’s payback time…. insulating a 1958 split-level house
We’re moving soon to a “normal house” built in 1958, and that means beginning to ponder what heating-system, insulation and air-sealing projects to embark on. My go-to blogger will be Marc Rosenbaum:...
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Sold!
Well, the almost passive-house/almost net-zero Stow house sold in a week to a smart buyer who got a great deal. And we’ve already moved (to the 1958 split level mentioned earlier). I’m missing… - the...
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Insulation! 3000 => 1400 CFM50
Insulation by definition does not necessarily tighten up a house (think fiberglass batts) but many types of insulation do: – spray foam – cellulose – foam board (as long as it is sealed at seams with...
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