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The Company We Keep

Dear Reader,
This blog is now an archive. John Abrams (Founder of South Mountain, author of this blog, and a book of the same name) retired on December 31, 2022. All posts published up until this date are preserved below.

For updates on John's next chapter, visit abramsangell.com.

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Matthew Kiefer

Making the Leap

January 20, 2010 by John Abrams 3 Comments

I was meeting with some clients with whom we’ve had a long, ongoing relationship (designed and built their house, then an addition and a barn/garage, maintained both through the years) to review a just-completed inspection report.  The house is 20 years old so we had produced a document outlining the major maintenance to come and predicting when various measures might make sense to do.

The house needs a new boiler, so it’s a good time to think hard about the best approach to heating and cooling for the next 20.  It needs a new roof so it’s the one chance they’ll get (for decades) to add insulation under the roofing.  Is it worth it?  SMCo PV cropped Is now the time to add a solar electric system to stabilize long-term energy costs?  A detailed energy evaluation will determine the answers to these and other questions.

Read More about Making the Leap

Filed Under: Climate Change, Energy, South Mountain Company Tagged With: MA DOER, Matthew Kiefer, Solar Incentives, Univ of Colorado Law Review

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