Archive for April, 2007

It’s So Cool — Naturally!

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

One little known method of cooling (and night time warming) a building that requires no electricity, no freon, and no gas, is that of the "wind tower." wind tower This ancient Middle-Eastern technology relies solely on the natural principles of convection and thermodynamics to create a natural "air […]

Do Yourself Green Pt 1: Door Seals

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

It was pointed out to me the other day that not everybody wants to build a new home in order to "go green." Others don’t have the revenue to do a "green up" remodel of their existing home. But they still would like to participate in […]

Left Loose it Leaks

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

A light day, today. Mostly paperwork with one little service call that started out drawing on the oldest of components to the old business: appliance repair.appliance repair
A lovely young mother of a newborn called me because her dishwasher seemed to be spontaneously leaking all over her kitchen floor. And, she said, her garbage disposal wasn’t […]

Building Green: Cost v. Benefit

Monday, April 16th, 2007

As an article in the July 2006 issue of Eco-Structure Magazine pointed out: "The question has changed from `should we go green’ to `how do we do it.’" (See Concrete Points to Green in the above issue.)

As […]


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