by Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
Our construction team has had the great pleasure over the past few months to work on an exciting project in Concord, MA. The owner has a real passion for healthy, green building without sacrificing classic design. And she has done an unbelievable job documenting the entire process on her blog [...]
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Concord Green
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Does LED Lighting Actually Save Energy?
By Mike Durkin, Aedi Construction
It is indisputable that LED lighting can create the same amount of light as a traditional incandescent bulb while using a fraction of the energy. Despite this, the question has been raised of whether the embodied energy of their production and distribution results in more energy consumption. In yesterday’s New York [...]
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Waxman-Markey
By Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), better known as the Waxman-Markey bill, is moving through Congress, with a vote on the floor expected next week. It is an historic time for our country and the world, and though lost in the noise of the usual, [...]
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Solar-Hybrid Power
By Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
One of the commonly voiced concerns about the potential of solar power to play a significant role in our power mix is the fact that the sun isn’t always shining, so solar arrays – even very large ones – can’t provide reliable baseload power. Usually, people start talking about different [...]
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LED Lighting
By Margie McNally, Interior Designer
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Lighting accounts for 15 – 20 percent of household electricity use (DOE). With the cost of energy on the rise it makes sense to conserve as much as possible wherever possible. Lighting technology has come a long way over the past few years. Sure, there were some glitches with the adoption [...]
