Sustainable North

About a new New York State campus that is using sustainable building practices. From the New York Times July 27, 2008:
“Stony Brook Southampton will certainly be among a limited number of campuses with this level of commitment to sustainability,” says Judy Walton, acting executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer August 11, 2008.
Here’s an amazing fact: About 10 percent of the energy used by a regular incandescent light bulb goes to produce light. The rest is wasted as heat. Though heat is always nice in our cold winters, it is very inefficient heat at a very high cost.
Energy-efficient lights produce [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily News Miner August 8th, 2008
FAIRBANKS — The last remaining Nunamiut Inupiat Eskimo community settled Anaktuvuk Pass just 60 years ago, trading in nomadic life for village life in a valley tucked 2,200 feet up in the central Brooks Range. In the one-airstrip town with no roads in or out, some 300 [...]

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BY: Mike Musick, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer August 7th, 2008, Section A3
A few days ago I received a phone call from a remodeling contractor who was very concerned that quite a number of Fairbanks residents were buying cheap slider type windows from one of the newer building supply stores.  He [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newminer July 20, 2008
Home-heating fuel costs $4.69 per gallon, two dollars more than September of last year.
With winter creeping closer, building and energy professionals are busy trying to get Fairbanks energy healthy, and some residents are taking matters into their own hands by attacking energy inefficiencies at home.
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BY: Danielle Jamieson & Nathan Wiltse, Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily Newsminer June 12, 2008, Section A3
 
There can be significant savings in heating costs depending on the wall system used in a house, up to $1076 a year!   The Cold Climate Housing Research Center did an analysis on two different types of [...]

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Title: New Energy Rater Training
Location: Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Description: Alaska Building Science Network is holding an Energy Rater training to become a certified energy rater for the AHFC weatherization and retrofit program.
Start Date: June 9,  2008
Start Time: 8:00
End Date:  June 11, 2008
End Time: 5:00

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Title: Air Tightness and Blower Door Certification Class
Location: Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Description: Alaska Building Science Network is holding several class on weatherization in cold climates. This class covers a portion of the total certificaiton.
Start Date:  June 5, 2008
Start Time: 8:00
End Date: June 6, 2008
End Time: 5:00

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BY: Thorsten Chlupp, REINA Properties Corporation an Energy Star & GREEN Builder
Fairbanks Daily Newsminer 04/16/08 Section A3
One of the main goals in building a high energy efficient home in our extreme climate is to seal the inside of the home as tight as possible. This eliminates any heat loss through air leaks and saves real [...]

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