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re: finding home architects that specialize in energy efficient homes?
9 aug 2005
wrote:
>hi, i am looking into energy efficient homes, trying to absorb as much
>as possible about the various technologies out there but am a bit
>overwhelmed. i have "interviewed" a few local (nc) architects and
>*i* seem to know more about the technologies (not necessarily cutting
>edge either) than they do (not encouraging).
i'm not surprised. i met an architect in a 2nd year grad program who
was designing a solar house, but she didn't know how much solar energy
fell on the site on an average day. she didn't even know what a btu was.
>is there a way to find architects (like maybe an association of home
>architects) that specialize in this field?
rich komp and drew gillett and i are doing a "solar heating and natural
cooling" workshop at the first pa renewable energy festival on 9/24/05
near allentown, pa. last year's ases version in portland, or had about
40 participants, mostly engineers and architects.
http://www.paenergyfest.com
nick
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