Green Concepts at Log Home Show
Manchester, NH: The Log Home Show held at the Radisson in Manchester is one of our favorite home shows. We have owned a log home for 10 years and love it. This year the show shared some green concepts that made it very worthwhile to visit. Our favorite builder Bob Tortorice, Building Alternatives, winner of HBRANH Builder of the Year 2009 and HBRANH 2009 Most Energy Efficient Design all three categories, gold/silver/bronze, now offers energy auditing services. We jumped at the chance to hire him and have this done at our home for many reasons, such as understanding how tight our home is, where improvements or repairs can be made to save energy, what options there are to enhance our good energy practices.
Hybrid PV Thermal Roofing System
They taught us about a few new products that we are very interested in. Dawn Solar provides a new roofing system that can generate energy AND hot water while looking like normal metal roofing. We aren’t looking to replace our roof anytime soon but we are looking at using it for a 3 season porch we might put in. The concept is just so fresh and practical! We’ll price it out and do a separate blog post on the findings.
We also learned about a product that eliminates the need for laundry detergent and hot water by treating the water with silver ions. I haven’t reviewed this yet, so I’m not endorsing it, but it bears looking into since I have sensitive skin and have to buy hypoallergenic detergents and skin products all the time. It’s called LaundryPure by Ecoquest.