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Performance | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Archive for the 'Performance' Category. Second quarter 2016 performance. Q2 2016 summary: 23% cooler, 8% less usage and 11kWh more sun as compared to Q2 2015. This is part of our quarterly home performance reporting. All data is posted at netplusdesign.com. Overall, here’s how this quarter compared to 2015. All values in kWh (except HDD which is base 65 F). Here’s our breakdown on energy use and cost for the last four winter seasons. Q1 2016 summary: 26%...
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We’re net positive again in 2014! | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Detailed data finally available again. First quarter 2015 performance. We’re net positive again in 2014! We used 8,108 kWh and generated 8,348 kWh for a net of 240 kWh for the year. The combination of cold temperatures, less sun and the plug-in Prius brought us close to our net point. Here’s our progress for our first 3 years in the house. Q4 2014 summary: 7% warmer, 8% less usage and 25% less sun as compared to Q4 2013. Year over year comparison. You tr...
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Uncategorized | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Archive for the 'Uncategorized' Category. Sol LeWitt inspired doodles. After seeing the Sol LeWitt Retrospective at Mass MoCA. Last weekend, I felt the need to do some computational doodling today. I produced all images using Processing. Entry door lock sets replaced. Why am I writing about our entry door locks? I’ve installed new door entry sets and will be setting the ERV to fully balanced to see if this solves our problem this winter. Data that weR...
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Solar | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Archive for the 'Solar' Category. Second quarter 2016 performance. Q2 2016 summary: 23% cooler, 8% less usage and 11kWh more sun as compared to Q2 2015. This is part of our quarterly home performance reporting. All data is posted at netplusdesign.com. Overall, here’s how this quarter compared to 2015. All values in kWh (except HDD which is base 65 F). Here’s our breakdown on energy use and cost for the last four winter seasons. Q1 2016 summary: 26% warme...
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A Tesla Powerwall for Up Hill House? | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. First quarter 2015 performance. Second quarter 2015 performance. A Tesla Powerwall for Up Hill House? I received a string of emails from friends today asking what I thought of the new Tesla Energy Powerwall. I think it is awesome of course! Response to “A Tesla Powerwall for Up Hill House? Feed for this Entry. 6-May-2015 at 3:56 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Notify me of n...
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First quarter 2015 performance | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. We’re net positive again in 2014! A Tesla Powerwall for Up Hill House? First quarter 2015 performance. Q1 2015 summary: 7% cooler, 2% more usage and 14% less sun as compared to Q1 2014. This is part of our quarterly home performance reporting. All data is posted at netplusdesign.com. Overall, here’s how this quarter compared to 2014. All values in kWh (except HDD which is base 65 F). We’re looking forward to Spring! Feed for this Entry. You are commentin...
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Appliances & Fixtures | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Archive for the 'Appliances and Fixtures' Category. We’ve been living in the house for one month and are now mostly unpacked (except for Larry’s office) so I thought it was time to give everyone the 5 cent tour. 1st floor open plan, from kitchen viewing dining and living areas. Dining area and kitchen. Messy office and stair. Upstairs hall, looking towards guest bedroom. Master bedroom (both bedrooms have walk-in closets, not shown). Or the ENERGY STAR.
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Detailed data finally available again | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Sol LeWitt inspired doodles. We’re net positive again in 2014! Detailed data finally available again. We changed energy monitors in March and the new data format broke my database scripts, but I finally found time to update my scripts and publish. Detailed data available at NetPlusDesign. Responses to “Detailed data finally available again”. Feed for this Entry. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). You are comm...
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We’re on the cover of BuildingEnergy magazine! | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Entry door lock sets replaced. Designing and building your own net zero home. We’re on the cover of BuildingEnergy magazine! We’re on the cover of Building Energy magazine, Fall 2014. There is a description of the entries to the 2014 Zero Net Energy Building Award, and an article we wrote to go along with our entry. It’s not available online yet, but when it is, it should be available from the NESEA BuildingEnergy Magazine. Feed for this Entry. You are c...
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Batteries | Up Hill House
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Building a Net Positive House in Upstate New York. Archive for the 'Batteries' Category. A Tesla Powerwall for Up Hill House? I received a string of emails from friends today asking what I thought of the new Tesla Energy Powerwall. I think it is awesome of course! A perfect exemplar of why great design needs constraints. twitter.com/amosposner/sta. From Gardenworks, Salem, NY instagram.com/p/BJ80JAjjFot/. Weather is looking great for #aurora. Viewing tonight in the northeast. Lots of clear skies! Blog at...