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A Home for Latisha’s Family

Latisha has 4 kiddos, a job, a car and works hard at being a single mother.  She has dreamed of a home of her own for them. A place to live, making a mortgage payment instead of paying rent. The … Continue reading

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The Conversation Continues!

My last posting as part of the ongoing Deep Energy Retrofit #DER conversation regarded a definition of DER.  I made the argument for using a threshold of 30% savings. The specific conversation is in regard to historic homes. There have … Continue reading

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Deep Energy Retrofits – A Twitter Conversation

My first Twitter Follower was SLS Construction.  He posted on his blog tonight about a Twitter Convo that I was participating in. You can read Sean’s Blog Post here.  He does a great job for homeowners in general and for … Continue reading

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Common Approaches to Heating Your Home: Part III

This is Part III of a 3 part Series.  Part 1 is here; Part 2 is here. Hybrid Heat Pump This choice is sometimes referred to as a Dual Fuel Heat Pump. It utilized both gas and electricity to heat … Continue reading

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A Visit with Mr. Rucker …

These visits stated in 2002, on Super bowl Sunday.  Seems like my friend Mr Tannahill called Mr Blouin and I to make a trek to visit Mr Rucker, before we all got together for the Super bowl Party that year. … Continue reading

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Labor Day

Friday winds down and I think of the 3 day weekend known as Labor Day. This has been a time of family for me. One of the first, I was 8. My father’s parents came up; 650 miles from Berkeley, … Continue reading

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Energy Efficient Mortgages

Ray Hall has been doing efficient energy work in California for many years. Here is a link to his video on Energy Efficient Mortgages. These can be FHA, VA or Conventional types. They allow the cost, of qualified energy improvements, … Continue reading

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