Archive for September, 2007

Beat the Heat with Passive Cooling

Posted: Saturday, September 1st, 2007 @ 11:27 am in What Can I Do?, Built Environment, Energy | Comments Off

“The best strategy for keeping a dwelling cool is to keep it from getting hot in the first place.”
– Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook
Abandon conventional air conditioning … We don’t use conventional air conditioning and we encourage everybody else to abandon it too. There is an art to living without air conditioning that has largely […]

Earth-Wiser Remodeling

Posted: Saturday, September 1st, 2007 @ 11:25 am in What Can I Do?, Built Environment, Energy, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | Comments Off

“I’ll have cork floors!” my friend effused about her new “green” remodel.  And where does cork grow in Southern California? I wondered.
Watch any construction site.  Building and remodeling is highly materials-intensive, from the materials which are stripped out of the old structure and carted to the landfill, to the inbound materials and packaging.  All of […]