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Interests: Transit | Housing | Municipal Government | Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Futures All posts/likes/etc are solely my personal views.

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Old Colony Apartments 1-17 Old Colony Ln. Arlington, MA 02476

This property is interesting! I believe a company owns enough units to have a controlling interest. Probably has a negative impact on the sales price, given buyers have little to no say in how the property is managed. (Source is an old listing that said as much)

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16.08.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A rendering of 10 World Trade office building highlighting the reflection of the sun off its glass curtain wall.

A rendering of 10 World Trade office building highlighting the reflection of the sun off its glass curtain wall.

Ooof, not quite what the renderings promised!

16.02.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Any idea how much battery capacity (roughly) you would need to have made it through the night running only on stored power?

21.01.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to make sense of this: If we had built nothing, would the median be 72? And if we doubled the number of units built, would the median drop significantly?

05.01.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Laminar Collective - Heat Pump Benchmarking & Bulk Discounts Negotiate with your neighbors & get access to bulk pricing for home heating upgrades in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Malden, and surrounding areas. See real dollar prices in a transparent market pri...

This group in Boston is doing something similar: laminarcollective.com. I’m working with them and also getting quotes from the big PE-owned shops. The big companies are essentially taking the entire $10k rebate in their price.

13.12.2024 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

If you’re adding HVAC as a standalone project how would you go about this? Are there HVAC firms in Boston that do good design work? I spoke with a salesperson from a company in the Sila empire and was spec’d a unit that would short-cycleβ€¦πŸ˜£

24.11.2024 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Architecture | Monumental Labs An Architectural Renaissance

Have you seen these folks? Not sure if this qualifies as mass produced, but seems better economics than handmade: www.monumentallabs.co/architecture

24.11.2024 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What paid features give you the most benefit?

24.11.2024 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Transit app has a paid tier which I wouldn’t expect to see on MBTA Go.

23.11.2024 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting! I’m looking to do a residential install on a flat roof and the proposal was for fully ballasted. I assumed this was because it would be easier for the installer. Are the two approaches interchangeable or do you look to do one more than the other?

20.11.2024 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why aren’t they more evenly distributed? I would expect more of a grid layout.

20.11.2024 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Some kind of penetrations for venting/intake?

20.11.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I had only seen the AARP form and look forward to reading through the other material you shared!

16.11.2024 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

I’ve found this site helpful for searching starter packs by topic: blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...

13.11.2024 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Slide with detail of three affordable housing developments that lays out project costs and subsidies.

Slide with detail of three affordable housing developments that lays out project costs and subsidies.

What makes it cost so much more? There’s a local project going up at $778,000 per unit in my Boston suburb. (Land was $3.7M…~10% of total)

11.11.2024 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any feedback on how they’ve been from a maintenance perspective? These are rental units so I’m a bit skittish about frequent maintenance calls.

11.11.2024 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this SANCO2 approach effective in a smaller (3 unit) building? I’m electrifying a triple-decker and have heard negative reviews about durability of retail HPWHs like Rheem.

11.11.2024 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have any info about approximate cost and time to deploy?

10.11.2024 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Have you seen anything about weight vs road wear that impacts the municipal budget?

08.10.2024 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been trying to find info about road wear and vehicle weight to drive decision-making for my community. Any good studies or summaries you know that would appeal to technical decision-makers?

08.10.2024 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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