It’s hard to believe in the middle of rainy January, but Victoria has an annual average sunshine of 2,233 hours (I looked it up!).
Here’s another bit of trivia: Usedom Island in Germany boasts of 1,906 hours, the highest amount of annual sunshine in that country.
The reason I mention these ’stats’ is because Germany has [...]
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I mentioned in an earlier post (”Your Green Real Estate Agent”) that I am committed to acquiring a working knowledge of and eye for green techniques, technologies and programs relevant to the homes we live in.
I”m excited to say that I’ve taken a measurable step in that regard. Today I received confirmation of my [...]
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Some time ago the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at UBC conducted a survey of 610 BC REALTORS® to assess the impact of renovations and energy efficiency on the market value of houses based on their experience of the market in 2006. I offered my take on the preliminary results in an [...]
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photo credit: the mad LOLscientist
Until recently, I was a non-believer.
Not about the fact that global warming is happening. But about it’s cause.
I doubted the whole notion that mankind’s excesses have been the main, or even a significant, cause of global warming. To me and other doubters, global warming was [...]
