It doesn’t look like I’m going to get much use out of this window unit much anymore this year. With today being the first day of spring there probably aren’t too many more cold days left to see how well this will work. And unfortunately I don’t even have it done […]
Today I finally got to start on building the window unit passive solar heater that I’ve been meaning to work on. It’s actually coming together pretty nice, some of my cuts weren’t the straightest so the next step will be to use some ‘Great Stuff’ expanding insulation to seal up any holes and cracks […]
I finally got the bulk of the materials needed to build the heat grabber. The large 4ft x 8ft sheets of rigid insulation were the most challenging, but they did successfully fit in our minivan, with no kids. The one thing I am missing yet is the glazing, or the glass […]
Since I became a father I’ve become more interested in the future and what we will be leaving for a children. I could go into a long rant here about the economic future of the USA, but that’s not what I want to focus on today. I want to focus on renewable energy from an […]
