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Quantum Quote: \\u201cIn nature, nothing exists alone.\\u201d\\u2013 by Rachel Carson as quoted by Laurie Husted

Do you know what it takes to build a sustainable and energy-efficient house from scratch?

Have you ever wondered the things you need to put into place and consider in order to build a house that supports a \\u2018clean energy lifestyle\\u2019 --- a lifestyle with freedom and safety, that\\u2019s better for your kids and their kids, self-sustaining, energy-efficient, with less pollution, as well as cost-effective?

Laurie and Roger Husted are a power couple who support sustainability. Laurie and Roger met at Cornell, arriving from each coast (Queens / LA) and spent 5 years in the middle, doing graduate work in Pittsburgh, PA. They built a home in the Hudson Valley where Laurie works in sustainability at Bard College and Roger is an ophthalmologist. Daughter Tessa is a rising senior at Red Hook High School and Ethan is back in the \\u2018Burgh at Carnegie Mellon.

In this episode, Laurie and Roger Husted share their journey to sustainability and what it took for them to build their 3-bedroom, 2300-sq.ft sustainable home in the forest by the lake - solar-powered, with air-source heat pumps, and connected to the Red Hook\\u2019s clean energy grid - with electric cars zeroing out their carbon footprint.

Hear the Husteds share their commitment to support a clean energy future - and get energized.

Sign up for the AWESome EarthKind\\u2122 Clean Energy Master Class to discover 3 simple actions you can take to start saving money and make the world a better place \\u2013 without having to learn complex technology

Supernova 1: \\u201cClean energy is freedom, safety, and a better future for our kids and their kids.\\u201d

Supernova 2: [How did you wind up choosing what to do and how to do it?] \\u201cWe tried to find someone who shared our values and spoke the same language in terms of wanting to do right by our pocketbook - and the planet. Investing in relationships not only builds a better house - it builds a better life\\u201d.

Supernova 3: \\u201cIt\'s hard to know what your baseline is when we build from scratch. We did what we did because it was the right thing to do, and it was a good investment in the long run. This house is something that\'s going to be here for 100 years, or maybe longer. And the lifetime costs of this house being here is more than what we spent upfront.\\u201d

Supernova 4: Even with a good architect and builder, it\\u2019s important to double-check everything, because everyone is human and we all make mistakes.

Connect with Laurie Husted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-husted-a05a3922/\\xa0

Connect with Roger Husted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-husted-a090305a/\\xa0