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Rooftop solar gets our meter spinning backward in Littleton, Colorado

July 14, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, Sopris Solar completed the installation of a two-array 19.6 kW solar system on the roof of one of our garage block units and the roof of our HOA Community House here in Highline Crossing Cohousing Community in Littleton, Colo.

Cohousing community goes solar in sunny Littleton, Colorado: A slideshow

Christof Demont-Heinrich

June 27, 2020

The cohousing community that I live in -- Highline Crossing Cohousing -- here in Littleton, Colo. is FINALLY getting solar after a one-year wait for the installation and, prior to that, 18 months of me, and several other residents here in this community, working toward persuading our community to add a 20 kW solar system.

Coordinated telecommuting: A creative and new way to help keep our air clean

Christof Demont-Heinrich

May 20, 2020

Have you been enjoying the cleaner air where you live? How about the reduced stress load due to having to do less driving and sit in far fewer traffic jams? Yeah, I thought so! Me too!

COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were great for clean air — while they lasted :-(

Christof Demont-Heinrich

April 23, 2020

For past five years, always in the spring, I have developed a consistent, irritating dry cough. I have been tested three times for allergies across that time and the results have always showed that I have no allergies.

10 things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint in 2020

Christof Demont-Heinrich

December 31, 2019

As we usher in a new year -- and decade -- it's a good time to reflect on what each of us can do to reduce our impact on the environment and advocate for, and build, a cleaner, greener world. We are not helpless and it is not -- yet -- hopeless.

Global climate strikes underscore need to move to 100 percent renewable energy

Christof Demont-Heinrich

September 20, 2019

Not all electric car advocates are motivated by environmentalism. But I am one of those greenie advocates! If we could not power electric cars with 100 percent renewable energy I would have no interest in electric cars. Seriously, none whatsoever!

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