Articles About building retrofit

• ‘Community Pulse’ meeting— YS school facilities discussed

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 27, 2017

  

  About 50 villagers heard from a panel of eight Yellow Springs School district teachers and shared their ideas, questions and concerns on the future of the district’s school buildings Tuesday, July 11, at Mills Lawn School.

• Meeting eyes Yellow Springs Schools facilities

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 6, 2017

  

  About 40 villagers attended the school district’s first “Community Pulse” event June 15, to focus on the condition of the district’s buildings.

• Schools seek input on future of buildings

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanApril 6, 2017

  

  Approximately 65 villagers returned to high school earlier this week for the first community engagement forum dedicated to discussing the question of new district facilities.

• 2 For 1 business reduces energy use

  By Lauren HeatonJune 24, 2010

  

  Trying to change the mindset of the masses is a mass production job — at least that’s how the new business 2 For 1 Energy is approaching the task. The object: getting residents to pay to retrofit their homes for greater energy efficiency.

• Take a tour of the village greens

  By Brooke BryanOctober 10, 2009

  

  Can a home be built to absorb enough of the sun’s heat so that it requires no heat source — other than the presence of people and the heat they produce by inhabiting space and cooking? Can an old home be retrofitted or remodeled with the hopes of realizing the cost of investment through monthly energy savings? Does making more sustainable decisions about energy use have to mean being less comfortable?