Norcal veteran coder customizes off-grid home with sensors by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2014 Loren Amelang once helped code for Silicon Valley companies, but he’d always been sensitive to environment so when his employer …
C++ programmer builds off-grid home with sunroom & DC lighting by Kirsten Dirksen on April 2, 2012 When Loren Amelang bought land outside of Philo, California in 1973, it was a place to “live like hippies on …
Permaculture: a smart house by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 A permaculture home is a home in tune with nature, but that doesn’t mean it’s low-tech. Mark Feichtmeir and Karen …
