I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The fact that such a small percentage of building construction in New Mexico takes advantage of our more than 300 days of annual sunlight is a crying shame. But at least we look energy progressive in a small piece in The New York Times this week.
A Carson, N.M., house is one of three homes featured in a piece entitled, “What you get for … $250,000.” The one-bedroom, one-bathroom home is actually $239,000, and boasts solar features that are both passive (part of the construction) and active (photovoltaic panels on the roof).
The Times’ description of the home’s common spaces says:
The main house has an L shape. Its entryway leads to a living room with a wood-burning stove (to supplement the roof and kitchen’s solar panels); around the corner is a bedroom area, a dining area and a kitchen.
Passive solar power collects in broad, slanted windows on the southwestern face of the house, and active solar panels on the roof provide energy to a bank of batteries.
It also points out that the one-car garage has two adjoining rooms now being used in ways that are classic New Mexico, especially for a house near Taos:
One (is) currently used for making art, the other for meditation — though storage is also an option.
The other two featured homes are in Hot Springs, Ark., and Centerville, Mass., joining the Carson home as part of a property values column in the Times’ Great Homes and Destinations section.
A slide show of the home near the Carson National Forest starts here.
You can’t buy exposure like that.
