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An amazing off-grid house
 I watched Larry Weingarten's brand-new DVD about the off-grid house he built (pretty much by himself) in Monterey, California and was amazed at how many creative ways he found to make the place ridiculously efficient without sacrificing any of the conveniences of modern life. Here's more. |
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Discount tickets to PM Live!
 John Siegenthaler and I will be doing a couple of seminars at PM Live, which will be at NYC's Javits Center during the big AHR show on January 22. If you use Discount Code DANVIP for my seminar and JOHNVIP for John's when you register you'll get 15% off your ticket. Such a deal! |
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Mixing wood with coal
 Good article here from the New York Times about how big power plants are starting to mix waste wood with coal to meet environmental regulations. It's a short-term fix and loaded with challenges but I got some good insights out of this one. |
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Smart-phone heating
 How about this campus in central England. They got a big grant to set up a wireless micro-management system that will give the students a way to control the heat in their rooms with their phones and tablets. If there's more than one student in each room this is going to get very interesting.
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50 years of space heating
 Subscriber, Andy Rudin, sent me this report, which was a real eye-opener. It's amazing what you can learn when you take a long-view of things. Read it when you have the time and I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks, Andy. |
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Shoot the moon
 Nothing to do with heating (yet) but this is a true technological milestone as we move from radio waves toward lasers for getting our messages across. Thanks to MechanicalHub.com's Eric Aune for sharing.
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Hold your breath
 A few weeks ago, I shared a video about buildings that breathe, which got Ed Voytovich's attention. Ed's a subscriber and he wrote to say, "Sung's admittedly clever art is interesting because it moves as a function of heat transfer; but the building definitely does not breathe: it moves." Which is true. Ed also shared this article he wrote on the matter of what does breathe. It's good stuff. Thanks, Ed. |
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Good point!
 And finally (and just for fun), my brilliant daughter, Erin Haskell, who puts this newsletter together for you each week, sent me this one. I'm a native New Yorker and never noticed this. Go ahead; make my day. |
