Mike Hines
Sean Lintow :: Energy Audits: What’s in a Price?
3January 27, 2012
. . . While there are hundreds if not thousands of variations of “audits” performed daily, it essentially boils down to two types; survey style & diagnostic. [ . . . ]
@SLSConstruction :: Stopping the Killers — Carbon Monoxide & Fire
7October 4, 2010
Unfortunately, during the fall and winter seasons is when we see an increase in fire & carbon monoxide fatalities. Based off the latest estimates, there were over 40,000 Carbon Monoxide cases requiring some form of hospitalization or care, and 5,000 deaths in the last year. And as I mentioned in another article entitled Everything we owned in 2008 there were over 2700 fatalities related to fires. [ . . . ]
Mike Hines :: We Want Faster Horses (On Innovation)
7July 26, 2010
While drafting this post I happened across an anonymous quote and it struck me as relevant. If Henry Ford had asked his customers what they needed they would have said faster horses.
History confirms that Mr. Ford was not ignoring his customers, simply listening better than most with vision firmly fixed on the horizon. A paradigm shift in the making. [ . . . ]
Sean Lintow Sr :: EPA s New Lead Regulation and How It Affects You
9April 12, 2010
I am from the government and here to help you is often joked about as being ten of the most terrifying words that one could expect to hear in their lifetime. Now it appears that would fall to second place if you replace the word help with the word protect.
Effective April 22nd, the EPA has a new regulation that goes into effect affecting anyone living in or working on pre-1978 houses that may contain lead. As a homeowner, there is nothing in there that says you have to follow, or even care about the regulation, but it is still going to affect you in many ways. [ . . . ]
Mike Hines :: Building Moxie and Your Role in Sustainability
5September 29, 2009
Sustainability, like moxie, is a broad topic, for sure. It is subject to interpretation dependent upon frame of reference. Its meaning to an architect differs from that of a wetlands expert, which varies from the product designer, which is dissimilar to the viewpoint of a homeowner, etc.
So why connect moxie and sustainability for this discussion?
The connection, I believe, is that moxie and sustainability are both lifelong journeys, and I find no downside to pursuing either or both. These are odysseys in which everyone has the chance to both participate and contribute in additive ways. In aggregate, then, enormous positive change becomes possible. [ . . . ]
