Apparently my scheduled Slack message reminders about my vacation can tell the future...

POTUS can't tariff the millions of these installed throughout the country And with more modules manufactured domestically, he may be set off a solar boom as Canadian natural gas prices increase.

@duncan__c Hell yeah; congrats!

@LeighGiangreco 💯

@DCCarViolence All of this highway needs to go

@maustermuhle It's wild how many sidewalks and bike lanes have completely iced over. Tomorrow looks like another good day to clear some sidewalks before a deep freeze on Tuesday

@duncan__c Freaking nightmare

@ZohebDavar Glad you are doing okay bud. Take care of yourself and loved ones during this wild time.

@electrifyus Details, details. Also, I bet @chadwickconway could figure it out.

People can say whatever they want about DC, but I love this city and I am proud to call it my home 🌨️❄️

These are sweet.

@SolarInMASS I am looking to help residential installers generate proposals faster and more accurately with digital access to customer utility data in MA and throughout NE. Know installers interested in that? 👀👀

RT @ezraklein: "We estimate that the U.S. housing shortage was 20.1 million homes in 2021." Harris's promise was to build 3 million new ho…

@apoorv_bh89 It's terrible. And yep, lots of DERs already, but we've heard about unnecessary friction getting those deployed. The silver lining is that those with solar + storage are riding out the blackout.

Rest in peace, #39 People have no idea how much of a positive impact this man had on the world.

I helped run San Francisco Unified's energy and green building programs for almost four years and come from a family of educators, so when I say there are few challenges deploying air filters at scale, it comes from a personal and professional perspective. These challenges include: 1. Noise. If an air filter(s) is too loud for the classroom, it's over. The teacher or aide will turn it off and never use it again. Quiet is key. 2. Cost. Even though we can make cheap air filters, it's still a cost that must be paid for by a teacher or a K12 budget. Many teachers already pay for things, so asking them to pay more seems ridiculous, and air filters are an easy line item to eliminate during the budget cycle. 3. Maintenance. This may be the hardest one to overcome, but let's assume we can pay for a quiet air filter or set of filters for each classroom; the next question is who is responsible for changing the filters when needed. This answer will be unique for each district and will be driven by union contracts, and will likely become a hotly contensted responsibility between the maintenance department, the janitor, and the onsite principal. Which means it becomes the teachers problem. Air filters -- and their cousin DOAS -- are proven technologies for improving test scores and lowering absences, but in practice they are fucking nightmare to deploy at scale.

It was because I had seen research during the peak of COVID-19 about using multiple air filters to replace additional outdoor air. What should have been evident at the time is that air filters, you know, filter air, so they capture viruses, especially when located next to an infected person. Additional outdoor air dilutes virus concentration down to levels that mitigate transmission. Either way, filters in K12 schools are good, especially because adding a DOAS to an old school building is expensive, if not physically possible.

@YIMBYLAND So basically the 2024 housing starts?