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We’ve got cold floors in the winter on the first floor of our 1.5 story cape in Central CT (Zone 5). The house is heated with two single zone mini splits on the each floor (and one in each bedroom upstairs) – replacing the oil fired hydronic baseboards (that are still in place). The concrete […]
Building Matters In the early 20th century, Sears sold homes as kits that could be built by homeowners with no carpentry experience. By Justin Fink | September 30, 2026 Imagine opening an app on your smartphone, scrolling through a list of house designs, choosing your favorite, signing up for a mortgage, and then having everything […]
Texas Power Plant Cuts FGD Wastewater Volume by About 93% Two 50,000-gallon-per-day units feed concentrated residuals into the plant’s existing gypsum-handling system. By Danielle Naidu September 30, 2026 Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater at NRG Energy’s WA Parish Unit 8 in Texas has dropped by an average of 91% to 93% since a thermal evaporation […]
Green Building News One manufacturer’s new all-in-one smart heat pump might presage the future of home HVAC systems By Justin R. Wolf | September 29, 2026 The modern home is now a complex web of performance metrics, diagnostic codes, and captured data. All this is made possible through a range of tools and technologies, from […]
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Climate zone 6. Monolithic slab on grade with 2” XPS under and on sides. I’ve come to realize that the mass of the slab keeps the house nicely cool in summer, and in the winter I can leave the heat (woodstove) entirely off on the coldest days and the temperature drops around 5 -10 degrees […]
Building Science Steam and evaporative humidifiers both turn liquid water into vapor—but they get the energy to do it in very different ways. By Randy Williams | September 28, 2026 Recently on the Fine Homebuilding Podcast, we had an interesting conversation about the cost of humidification, specifically the differences between steam and evaporative humidifiers. Both […]
Hi, I am in my fourth year building a large home in the mountains of Colorado, Zone 5A or 6A depending on which map you look at. The house is a hydronically heated 4″ insulated concrete slab. The exterior walls envelope from the outside in is: Hardi Plank, 1.5 in rainscreen, house wrap, two layers […]
US Clean Power Grows Amid Project Cancellations An EDF and Atlas Public Policy report found 26 gigawatts of new clean power capacity and nearly 15 gigawatts of canceled projects. By Chelsey Arries September 29, 2026 Clean power capacity expanded in the United States during the first half of 2026, even as developers canceled a substantial […]
DOE Selects Geothermal Projects for Nearly $35 Million in Funding Ormat projects in Nevada and Utah would receive support for geothermal drilling, testing and subsurface characterization. By Danielle Naidu September 29, 2026 Two geothermal projects in Nevada and Utah have been selected for up to approximately $35 million in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, […]