Sustainable North

From Crunchy Chicken: Putting the mental in environmental: If you are like me, you’ve been watching the Olympic Games and enjoying the competition. I always look forward to the games, winter or summer, because it’s inspiring to see how dedicated these athletes are to their sports. One thing to think about, anytime there are large [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, February 16, 2010: Public administrators and senators Monday steered what could be the start of much scrutiny of a major energy bill. The bill, the proposed Alaska Sustainable Energy Act, addresses a broad slate of demand- and supply-side energy production and efficiency issues. It would, among other things, update [...]

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From The Wall Street Journal: For homebuyers, green is fast becoming a priority — whether it’s because they want to reduce their energy costs, minimize their carbon footprint or improve indoor air quality. Here are 10 questions that prospective buyers or renters ought to ask to find out how green a house or apartment is. [...]

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From Alaska Dispatch, Thursday, February 11, 2010: In terms of punctuation marks, Railbelt natural gas supplies are a bit of question mark, and fuel prices in the Bush are a big exclamation point. So, it’s safe to assume Alaska’s electricity producers and consumers would appreciate a little stability. At least one company wants to transform [...]

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ASK A BUILDER By CCHRC Staff The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the many questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. Q: How can I keep condensation off my windows in the winter? Condensation is a product of the relationship between humidity [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Wednesday, February 10, 2010: A new $20 fee appeared on University of Alaska Fairbanks students’ records in January to promote sustainability on campus. If students are unsure exactly where money from the Student Sustainability Fee is heading, the people in charge of it also are working out the details. “The [...]

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From The Daily Green: Make your own cleansers with these simple recipes for cheap green cleaning. Click here to read more.

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From The New York Times, Wednesday, Februrary 3, 2010: President Obama moved on Wednesday to bolster the nation’s production of corn-based ethanol and other alternative liquid fuels and ordered the rapid development of technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal. The president is trying to expand the portfolio of American energy [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Thursday, February 4, 2010: Check your chimney or have someone else do it. Charlie Whitaker, who has cleaned chimneys for 25 years, sent me three photos of chimneys he cleaned this week. During his career in Fairbanks, Whitaker has peered into 10,000 chimneys, but never has he seen a bigger [...]

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By CCHRC Staff home life. ASK A BUILDER Q: Is there anything I need to be cautious about when plugging in my automobile?Q: I’ve seen that there are now roof shingles that are solar panels.While a wide range of solar technologies work in Alaska and other cold climates, photovoltaic roof shingles are still too new [...]

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