Ecologically friendly building teaches about saving energy

By CHARLIE WHITE
The Courier-Journal
Ramsey Middle School on Gellhaus Lane off Billtown Road has been saving the school district more than $1,000 a month on natural gas and electricity since it opened last school year.
The 130,000-square-foot, two-story building was constructed with several ecologically friendly features that contribute to the savings.
School district officials… »

Solar in Kentucky? 1970s house shows it works

By TOM EBLEN
Lexington Herald-Leader
Richard Levine has heard all of the arguments about why solar energy won’t work in Kentucky. And he has been defying them for three decades.
Levine, a University of Kentucky architecture professor, designed and built one of the nation’s first solar homes on 32 acres he bought in 1974 near Raven Run Nature… »

Going Brown

While the rich go green, the rest of us can jump on this bandwagon
By MICHAEL VAN HALL

I’m looking for people who live in low-cost to no-cost housing, by choice, to feature in my next book, titled Shacking Up. When I asked blog readers to send me leads, I was disappointed with their responses.
I did not… »