Downtown Brookhaven

When I saw the for sale sign on the Wand’s Seed Store building a few weeks ago, I was taken back to Easter time as a child when the window was filled with brightly-dyed little chicks. The thought made me a bit sad and anxious for what would be moving into the spot. Thankfully, the [...]

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Most of know that the ceiling fan was the preferred cooling method after electricity, but before air-conditioning came to town. Even today, fans provide some energy savings in air-conditioned buildings. It is a bit off-subject but after quite a search I found information from EnergyStar.gov listing the most energy efficient ceiling fans, a spreadsheet sorted [...]

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Information about energy use and historic buildings from the National Parks Service. I believe our southern latitudes, and reduced heating needs, make an excellent example of this: Older buildings were found to use less energy for heating and cooling and hence probably require fewer weatherization improvements. They use less energy because they were built with [...]

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A well-known green building architect makes a very good case for historic building renovation. Not only about the inherent energy savings built into these structures, but interesting points about the community impact. One example — renovation of historical structures involves expenditures on local labor and very little on “products”. The result to the local economy [...]

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