Originally published in May 2010 by NY Homesteader
Container (ISBU) home construction has made incredible advances over the past few years. Today nearly everyone has seen a news segment about container home, or visited an internet site that featured a story or a few renderings of Check Out The Rest →
 Clockwise from above: Glass walls help transform a shipping container into a guest room, while original markings proclaim its early life; durable and renewable bamboo covers the floor and walls; and polycarbonate sheets shade the porch, which is lit by lamps made from recycled tractor parts. | Photos by Chris Cooper
By Erika Heet
From the moment Stacey Hill started reading about the potential of shipping containers as housing a few years ago, she was hooked. Seeking extra room for her two young daughters to play in, as well as a separate space for guests visiting the San Antonio, Texas, artists’ community she calls home, Hill selected an electric blue “one-shipper,” a relatively pristine container that had made just one overseas shipment. Check Out The Rest →
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10% of Energy from Solar by 2030
Environment America (EA) released a report titled “Building a Solar Future” this week stating that the US should aim to obtain 10% or more of its total energy consumption from the sun by 2030.
Environment America found that “a comprehensive suite of public policy strategies can remove many of the common barriers to solar energy development and help to make this vision a reality.”
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New Liquid Magnet Solder Eliminates Toxic Lead
I am happy to see this and there are many pro’s and con’s to it, but anything that is more eco-friendly and less apt to pollute our environment, I’m all for it!
A team of researchers at Yale University has developed a Check Out The Rest →
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This company SEI (Solar Energy International) is the business that provided the text book for my first PV Course,, I can say for sure that if you are in the Tucson Area and are looking for top notch training this is the school that you want to attend!!
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