{"id":466,"date":"2021-04-04T18:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/?p=466"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T16:46:39","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/2021\/04\/04\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are a few links to resources that we have found helpful over the years. A lot of what we have learnt and implemented on the house has come from reading websites such as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingscience.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.buildingscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Building Science<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Building Advisor<\/a>. If there is a mistake, don&#8217;t blame them, it is likely us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Green Building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/greenbuildingadvisor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Building Advisor<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Lots of good information on green home upgrades.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildingscience.com\/\">Building Science Corp<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 Building science for the professional and interested home owner. Don\u2019t build a new house without reading this! Also has great renovation advice.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.builditsolar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Build it solar<\/a>&nbsp;has some inspirational DIY systems<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dsireusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DSIREUSA.org<\/a>&nbsp;Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy and Efficiency<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/energy-saver-101-infographic-home-energy-audits\" target=\"_blank\">Energy.gov<\/a> &#8211; Home Energy Audit Checklist<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergylongisland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Renewable Energy Long Island<\/a> &#8211; Our Local Renewable Energy Non-Profit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staying in the Know (Watch\/Read\/Listen)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An excellent podcast on all things energy&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-energy-gang\/id663379413\" target=\"_blank\">The Energy Gang<\/a><\/li><li>The Documentary&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cowspiracy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cCowspiracy\u201d<\/a><\/li><li>The Documentary&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatthehealthfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWhat The Health\u201d&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li>The Netflix Series \u2013&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11348930\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBroken: Recycling Sham\u201d<\/a><\/li><li>The Movie <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9071322\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9071322\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Dark Waters&#8221;<\/a> on the decades long Dupont PTFE water pollution<\/li><li>The Movie&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0319262\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Day After Tomorrow\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 obviously fiction but\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Delicious Vegan Food (Meat\/ Milk Substitutes)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Milk\/Cream Substitutes:<ul><li>Oatly \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oatly.com\/int\/products\">https:\/\/www.oatly.com\/int\/products<\/a><\/li><li>Califia Farms \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.califiafarms.com\/collections\/creamers\">https:\/\/www.califiafarms.com\/collections\/creamers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Meat Substitutes:<ul><li>Tofurky \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tofurky.com\/\">https:\/\/tofurky.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Beyond Meat \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmeat.com\/\">https:\/\/www.beyondmeat.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Gardein \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardein.com\/\">https:\/\/www.gardein.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Just Egg \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ju.st\/products\/just-egg\">https:\/\/www.ju.st\/products\/just-egg<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few links to resources that we have found helpful over the years. A lot of what we have learnt and implemented on the house has come from reading websites such as Building Science and Green Building Advisor. If there is a mistake, don&#8217;t blame them, it is likely us! Green Building Green [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-general","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tools-864983_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":463,"url":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/2021\/04\/08\/our-solar-powered-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":0},"title":"Our Solar Powered Life","author":"Mark Bartosik","date":"April 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Over time, we have installed 4 solar systems, all of which are different types of solar, the first one uses building-integrated tiles which means they look just like a regular concrete tile roof but \u201cshiny\u201d (see below for pics from the installation), the second array is a traditional solar panel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar","link":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/category\/solar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Building Integrated Solar Tiles on front of house","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Solar-Intro.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Solar-Intro.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Solar-Intro.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":456,"url":"https:\/\/netzeroenergy.org\/content\/2021\/04\/08\/building-envelope\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":1},"title":"Building Envelope","author":"Mark Bartosik","date":"April 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Rationale behind proper Air-sealing and Insulation Our biggest effort has gone into finding the weak spots of the house in terms of air-sealing & insulation and beefing them up. 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And it correctly places \u201cReduce\u201d and \u201cReuse\u201d ahead of \u201cRecycle\u201d. Our primary objective needs to be to REDUCE \u2013 first at the industry level and then at a personal level. It stops consumption and waste right at the source. 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