Reflections

It's a little bit of a challenge to install siding in bitter cold (I'm told), or when the roof is dribbling on your head, or if supported 20 feet off the ground by a platform shiny with ice, or when the coffee runs out. Synergy plows forward pushing towards completion.
November 13, 2008

January 29, 2009


One of the challenges siding over 4" of foam on an 80 year old house, is that the house has settled, the walls bow slightly. They may even have been built that way. Wouldn't be surprised. To reduce these imperfections they torque the firring screws, better aligning the exterior. It is an imprecise science.

Our Story Goes Regional, National and Global

Associated Press reporter Jay Lindsay releases the story to the wires:
Mass. hopes to learn from 'super insulated' house
ABC.com
It found a home at a few national outlets; ABC.com, MSNBC.com, a few global environmental websites, a slew of regional newspapers, and something in Australia. It wouldn't seem to me that Australia has a problem staying warm.
Homeowner Alex Cheimets shows the two-inch-thick insulation on his house in Arlington, Mass. Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Cheimets' house is part of a super insulation pilot project designed to conserve energy and control heating and cooling costs for the homeowner. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

The timing could not have been better for the story of the super insulation research taking place in Arlington Massachusetts and the team of supporters and sponsors behind it. The story hits after several days of "tuchas" freezing weather across great swaths of the United States, and just days before Barack Obama takes his place, and turns the page on alternative energy and conservation and our expectations of government and ourselves.

Also picked up by the websites of the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Worcester Telegram, WHDH channel 7, CW channel 56, Examiner.com, The Danbury CT News Times, Fosters Daily Democrat of NH, The Day from New London, CT,