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- From: "georg parlow" <georg@websuxxess.com>
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Where is the Focus on Energy
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:51:24 +0200
> What I am thinking of is not permanent insulation, but temporary
> insulation for poor people who are unable to heat their entire
> dwellings. Would this be a problem with short terms situations, e.g.
> the coldest 2 months of the year?
yep - put a matress against a badly insulated (=cold) wall in a heated room
with mammals in it, and the thing will be soaking wet within days. of
course, the porblem decreases with the temperature in the room - more
heating, more watercollection. so if the people just barely heat enough to
make it through, it might be less of a problem. but it should still be
checked regualrely, and dried up if necessary.
> Keeping cool in August is as much of an
> issue for us as keeping warm in January.
yea, i am sure glad that i now live in a house that stays nice and cool,
provided i keep everything shut between 8am-8pm - and of course have
everything open the rest of the time. well, "nice and cool" might be
relative - it is still warm enough to move about without an inch of
clothing, and i am usually more on the warm side. we are currently
experiencing a new record high in central europe - no rain for months,
beyond 30 deg celsius for more than 30 days in a row, record highs beyond
40...
> "cost effective" is also a function of the price of energy, and as the
yea, i thought the same thing when you explained, that you use the electric
heater for "cost reasons"
> underground or earth sheltered housing, in part because of the riotous
there is a beautiful design around, incorporating a annual heat storage with
quite simple means - something like a looong air pipe winding in - cant
remember the name of the guy...
keep it going
georg
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Re: [permaculture] Where is the Focus on Energy,
Robert Waldrop, 08/12/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Where is the Focus on Energy,
georg parlow, 08/12/2003
- RE: [permaculture] Where is the Focus on Energy, jamie, 08/13/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Where is the Focus on Energy,
georg parlow, 08/12/2003
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