I’m giving a Passive Solar presentation at the Sustainable Living Fair. Today it’s a gorgeous, sunny day, but just in case it gets cloudy, here is a Slideshare copy of the presentation that I’ll be giving at 3 – 4pm. 9/12/12 – After the presentation Yay! The sun was shining and the...
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Happy Solstice! Today is December 21st, the day of the winter solstice. It is the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight as the sun ‘travels’ its lowest and shortest arc through the sky*. In terms of passive solar architecture, it is a day when the sun will potentially reach the deepest...
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Last weekend, Doors Open Denver, an annual event that celebrates architecture and design took place. Buildings throughout the Denver area opened their doors to the public for the purpose of browsing through, gawking at, absorbing, experiencing and celebrating the beauty of architecture. This year’s theme was modernism. One of the sites that I visited...
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This April, many of Denver’s iconic buildings will be opening up their doors to strut their architectural beauty. Doors Open Denver celebrates innovation and design within architecture. Doors Open Denver is a free event that takes place the weekend of April 16 – 17, 2011. Participating buildings and organizations open their doors to let...
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The Solar Decathlon is a global competition that challenges universities to create attractive, efficient, and cost effective solar powered homes. The Solar Decathlon will be taking place from September 22 through October 2, 2011. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, this challenge is a process that takes collegiate teams over 2 years of...
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The American Solar Energy Society will be having their annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona from Monday, May 17 through Saturday, May 22nd, 2010. The event will be held at the Convention Center and is geared mainly toward energy professionals, although there are events near the end of the conference that the public can attend....
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Doors Open Denver celebrates innovation and design within architecture. Participating buildings open their doors to let viewers look, experience and examine the buildings at their leisure. This year, sites that were remodeled or underwent “adaptive reuse” were featured. Many former industrial buildings were remodeled within the stringent guidelines for LEED certification. It is beautiful to...
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