Make no mistake, your solar panel setup is a sturdy piece of technology that should only be handled and maintained by your solar provider—at least when it comes to repairs, replacements, and electrical maintenance. However, this doesn’t mean that you, as the owner, cannot contribute…
In a comprehensive infographic on the green or high-performance home, the creative and editorial team behind the Energy Efficient Home: The Basics infographic below have most assuredly gone far beyond the basics. From our colleagues at the UK-based company Blinds 2 Go, the illustration covers…
https://youtu.be/ketaycdph0M Organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association, the 2017 edition of National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) was a rolling, week-long, multi-national series of 288 or more locally-organized events aimed at promoting electric vehicle (EV) adoption and awareness. In the…
On the heels of their March 2017 Electric Drive event, utility provider Austin Energy lit up the 2017 E Source Forum by winning the Best Event/Experiential Marketing award at the annual conference—an energy-saving mecca of sorts for electric or natural gas utilities and large business customers…
The 2017 edition of National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) is a prime time to see, touch, and experience a broad range of electric vehicles—and if you are planning on attending the Austin, Texas, event on September 16, you can get up close and personal with our…
Setting a high-water mark for residential thermostat retail pricing in 2011 with the launch of the original $249 Nest Learning Thermostat, the Palo Alto company has brought down the cost of entry to their smart thermostat line with the launch of the $169 Nest Thermostat…
Lost beneath the Model 3 electric vehicle messaging in Tesla's Second Quarter 2017 Update newsletter to its investor community last week, the company quietly announced its solar roof product had progressed to the real-world testing stage on a number of homes. In much the same…
The month of June in the city of Austin, Texas, can be blistering hot, as the sometimes-moderate temperatures of spring yield to an often-oppressive summer climate where the thermometer can climb toward or inch beyond the century mark. And it is no coincidence that the Cool…
If you are carrying an Apple iPhone or iPad running iOS 9 or higher, the Apple News app is already front and center on your Home screen. And as we are publishing all of our fresh Digitized.House editorial content straight to our Apple News channel, you can bypass…
Tankless water heaters have moved well into the mainstream of the residential market, and for good reason: According to the U.S. Department of Energy, deploying these on-demand water heaters throughout a home can save between 27 and 50% on energy costs for water heating, making…
Call it the Tesla triumvirate. It’s no accident that Tesla drivers visiting the future metro Dallas location of green home improvement retailer TreeHouse will be able to rapidly recharge their electric automobiles from a bank of on-site Tesla Superchargers while they shop a solar-powered store graced…
Orchestrated by Green Builder Media CEO Sara Gutterman and her team, the 2017 Sustainability Symposium brought together a strong bench of speakers and an enthusiastic audience of professionals from across a broad spectrum of sustainability-oriented disciplines. Held in Orlando, Florida, the day before the opening of the…
This metal-skinned home measures only 850 square feet, yet lives large for the Austin, Texas, family it was designed for. A joint project by the Austin Community Design and Development Center (ACDDC) and Z Works Design Build, the home is architected and constructed with a…
Metal surfaces have earned a well-deserved reputation as the leading roofing choice on today’s sustainable architecture homefront, and for good reasons. The benefits of these roofs are many, including an extremely long service life, near-zero maintenance, increased safety through fire resistance, higher energy efficiency, and…
Pingo Solar intends to make solar purchasing transactions more frictionless and less costly for homeowners, by launching an easily-navigable do-it-yourself (DIY) online platform and effectively removing salespeople from the process. The platform, which was officially launched on July 4, provides an alternative to the traditional…
It’s a storyline that plays out over and over again on bright sunny days, where homeowners with grid-connected solar arrays can become energy producers for their neighbors. From these high-performance, inherently energy-efficient homes, excess electricity flows instantly onto the grid whenever rooftop energy production exceeds usage,…
The book Water: Yours, Mine and Ours is a treasure of a find we made back in 2013 at The Rainwater Revival, an annual event held in the often drought-stricken and water-challenged expanse of rolling terrain referred to as the Texas Hill Country. For those unfamiliar…
Nest smart thermostats may be a svelte package of brains, software brawn, and eye candy for your home’s walls. But can they survive a date with a zero net energy, triple-zone home? The Digitized.House lab home was designed from the ground up to be nearly all-electric, with…
In this original Digitized.House video, Green Energy Money CEO Teresa Lopez chats with TerraScena residential community developer/entrepreneur Catherine Werth about their decision to equip all of the green homes in this new Texas Hill Country development with rainwater harvesting systems only—going against the grain in this part…
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