Retrospectacle
credit: German Meyer
Happy 2011 to everyone! Here are the most popular Firefly Ecometrics posts in 2010:
Beware the Heat Pump Thermostat
Required reading if you heat your house with a heat pump. This post gets very popular when the weather turns cold and people begin to see their electric auxiliary heat come on.
Homestar. Sewiously.
My satiric look at the apparently defunct Homestar program congress proposed to encourage energy efficiency. I assume this is popular only because people are searching for the real Homestar.
How to calculate energy savings in a building
When you improve the insulation or HVAC in your house, how do you know how much energy you’ve saved? Use a simple graph and some weather data to get a solid number.
Psychrometrics for the rest of us
Understanding the relationship between air temperature and moisture looks like rocket science, until you use this interactive Flash tool to get a “hands-on” feel for the science of psychrometrics.
Easy energy visualization at home
Learn how to interpret your house’s seasonal energy data to discover where your biggest savings opportunities lie. You can even predict how improvements like added insulation will affect your bottom line.
Eyjafjallajokull InfoVis
Visualize the impact of the Icelandic volcano that disrupted air travel in Europe for several days.
Curse of the Early Adopter: Thermostat Edition
Just when I find a thermostat I like, a newer, cooler, web-enabled model sells for under $100 at Home Depot. 
Free Money for Duke Energy Customers
If you’re in Duke Energy territory, you can give up control of your AC during the day and make a few bucks.
Intuitive Statistics
My thoughts and reactions to a presentation by Kaiser Fung of Junk Charts.
Lean 3P and Biomimicry
I was surprised to learn that two of my fascinations (Lean process improvement and Biomimicry) share some common roots…. er… tendrils… Well, there’s no avoiding a bad pun here.
Enjoy the new year, and expect more of this hard-hitting, well researched, ecometric-mania in 2011. Well, at least expect some mania. That’s about all I can promise.
