Clean Energy Talk

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Notes and thoughts from SBS

Embodied Energy Tidbit

July 6th, 2010

This is a great, and short, video from TED U, the interactive learning component of The Energy Detective (TED) device.

Here Catherine Mohr shares some quick and valuable information on [...] Continue Reading…

Official Solar Day – June 19

June 15th, 2010

Did you know that June 19th is officially Solar Day?

There are already events scheduled for 40-cities across the country, although it was only started in 2009.

What can we do to get something going [...] Continue Reading…

Missoula County Goes for the Green

June 10th, 2010

Missoula County has officially chosen green as their new motto for remodeling, designing and operating county facilities.  Developed by the county’s new Green Government Committee, the policy states that [...] Continue Reading…

Introducing Our New Green Window

June 8th, 2010

The Clawson NorthSlope Window, Montana-Made with sustainably harvested Larch and US Glass

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Okay, it’s not really our window per se.  But that doesn’t stop us from [...] Continue Reading…

Simple Payback Not Simple

June 1st, 2010

I was emailing recently with Bradley E. Layton  Ph.D., Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University, after reading his article A [...] Continue Reading…

Zandy’s New Bio…

June 1st, 2010

SBS is proud to announce (okay, we’re bragging a bit, but you’ll understand why)… that our very own Zandy Sievers  was appointed to the City of Missoula’s Greenhouse Gas [...] Continue Reading…

Micro Inverters, Monitoring and Mountains, oh my!

May 27th, 2010

We just finished installing a 3450 watt solar PV system in the Rattlesnake where we employed 16 Enphase micro inverters. Micro inverters offer several advantages over more [...] Continue Reading…

Energy Code Compliance – Are You Ready? We Are.

May 27th, 2010

By designing and/or building above and beyond the code you will set yourself and your business apart.  And in the process, your high-performance buildings [...] Continue Reading…

April Carbon Neutrality Statement

May 26th, 2010

As reported earlier in this blog, SBS is committed to tracking its carbon footprint month by month so that we can track both our efforts to lessen [...] Continue Reading…

Maui Part II – Ready to Install

May 25th, 2010

After five weeks of designing, ordering and coordinating over sea shipments, we are about to depart for the final installation phase of our Maui PV system.  As [...] Continue Reading…