It’s been a whirlwind few days at Aptera with a visit from Jan Žagar at Elaphe. For those of you who aren’t familiar, this innovative company manufactures our in-wheel motors. Shown below with new team members Jesse Wood, Karl Schaffner, Matt Bockman and co-CEO Steve Fambro, Jan’s goal was to help us achieve optimum drivability. One of the most advanced technologies on the market, …
Simplifying Deep Building Retrofits with Integrated Systems – 2020 Greenbuild Session Review
Our editorial review, “This presentation reviewed the typical efforts to save energy in commercial buildings. The Contemporary Arts Center we are volunteering to help with, doesn’t fit into a landlord and building resale life cycle. We did learn about the incentives California utilities provide, we’ll be reviewing these with Duke Energy. There were some pilot programs that the CAC may …
Decarbonization from Policy to Practice – Greenbuild 2020 Session Review
Our review of the session, Steven Guttmann gave us the idea to use the city of Cincinnati’s sanitary sewer system to recover heating and cooling for the district system. You can meet 95% of the city’s heating and cooling by heat recovery. Asim Tahir with Google gave us the idea to store hot and cold water to use 6 months from …
Aptera, 1st Gen Honda Insight and ASW 15 Comparison
What do two cars, two decades apart, and a 50 year old glider have in common? More than you might think. I’m a volunteer Aptera Ambassador and enjoy spreading the word about this cool and innovative vehicle that charges itself! Eight years ago I was looking for a small energy efficient car and found out about the 1st Generation Honda Insight …