Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 11:23AM 
A condo in Florida has collapsed killing approximately 150 people. This must cause others living in high rise buildings to wonder about the safety of their residence. But what else should this event teach us about our lifestyle choices?
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 8:24PM 
An air conditioner takes heat out of a house (cooling it) and transfers the heat into the air around the house. Through the use of a reversing valve, a suitably equipped air conditioner takes heat out of the air around the house and transfers it to the house interior (heating it). In this mode, the air conditioner functions as an air source heat pump.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 11:45AM 
Last week, I outlined a number of choices we made for conserving and producing energy in our new home. Our choices were based on projected, science-based, numbers. I want to follow up with observations of what has happened in practice.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 11:12AM 
In 2018, we moved from an older house in the country to a new house in Steinbach. Our previous house was heated by electric baseboards and by a wood stove. I cut and split all the firewood for over 25 years. Ventilation consisted of bathroom fans and opening windows and doors. For our new house, we had the opportunity to select from the latest technologies in heating and air conditioning, energy conservation, and energy generation. It was almost like stepping out of the Stone Age into the present, not always in a good way.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 6:33PM 
How our planet and economies respond to the big issues of our time is determined by the individual actions of millions, indeed often, billions of individuals. This being the case, the argument could be made that no individual action is significant, and because of that there is no need for anyone to take responsible living and responsible actions seriously.