Green Roofs are becoming blase, perhaps, as design moves into living walls. A number of the Solar Decathlon teams have incorporated some form of living wall, think garden on the walls of the house. These walls help cool the house in the summer (reducing solar gain), water management (reduced storm water runoff as they take water […]
Greenwalling: A Solar Decathlon report
October 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments
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R Schizophrenia re Global Warming
October 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments
As we watch (with dismay, amusement, confusion, disgust) the Republicans striving to be their party’s nominee in 2008, the striving for ever extreme right astounds, seeking to gain the “base” Republican support necessary to emerge victorious through the primaries. Well, one arena seems to show a reverse trend, an increasing split between the candidates and […]
Tags: Global Warming
Ice from the sun? Solar Decathlon report
October 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments
One team will be named the “winner” at the Solar Decathlon. The first two times, the University of Colorado team has claimed the honors. At the moment, this favorite is far behind and the odds aren’t looking so hot that they will get a hat trip. Yet … yet … this helps highlight how every […]
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