<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well done David, timely and eyepoppingly relevant, thanks for putting the numbers to the image.<div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>.......................................................</div><div>Dan Smith </div><div>Principal - DSA Architects</div><div>1107 Virginia St.</div><div>Berkeley, CA 94702</div><div>510.526.1935 x101</div><div>510.526.1961 fax</div><div><a href="mailto:dan@dsaarch.com">dan@dsaarch.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.dsaarch.com">www.dsaarch.com</a></div></div></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Dec 20, 2011, at 3:51 PM, David Arkin, AIA wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hello GSBN Community:</div><div><br></div><div>In short, I'm aiming to counter a promotion of excess with the message of simplicity ... see below, and if so inclined, please share it with your circles. </div><div><br></div><div>Apologies for this being slightly off topic, and doubly so that ours isn't (yet) a straw-bale home. Nonetheless, sincere good wishes for the Holidays,</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>* * * * *</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; "><div><div>Dear Friends Near and Far:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://Patch.com">Patch.com</a> has launched a 'Deck the House' contest: <a href="http://deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/albany">http://deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/albany</a> The premise is that the 'best decked' house in the US wins $100,000 for their local school district. As you'll see from the links below, some (most) use electricity like there's no tomorrow. In fact, Patch is giving 24 finalists $500 to offset their December energy bills. </div><div><br></div><div>We've decked our house with 6.3 watts of electricity ... probably a lot less than most of the others, but enough to add a little cheer to our street on dark winter nights. So far as I can tell ours is the only house from our town posted right now, and it's easily the lowest energy user of them all. See it and please vote for it at this link:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://deckthehouse.patch.com/entry/229160">http://deckthehouse.patch.com/entry/229160</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please forward the link and this message around ... together we can spread the word that simplicity and conservation and renewable energy are worthy of celebration, and maybe just maybe win that $100,000 for our local Albany, CA schools. But we have to spread the word fast ... the leader (so far as I can tell) now has 1746 votes, and voting ends on Dec. 26th. </div></div></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>