Why is it that the building code sets a series of minimum R-values that seem to be taken as maximums and the highway code sets a series of maximum speeds that seem to be taken as minimums?
Too many windows to clean is my first thought when I see a house with a lot of windows. I love cleaning my house, but I have limits, and I would not want to have a house like the one in the picture. Less is more for me.
Turning from the world of optimized design, to the world of living with our existing infrastructure. Until we are living with heat pumps and sufficient green electricity to have eliminated all nongreen electricity, the answer is GreenBetween 55F to 85F - don't heat above 55F, don't cool below 85F. Dress warmer during the heating season. Dress cooler during the cooling season. Minimize heating and cooling greenhouse gas emissions. https://greenbetween.home.blog.
The big picture:
Make varied expansions of the following topic a recurring focus of your messaging. Doing so would be a major contribution to combating global warming.
Consumers (individuals, organizations, businesses, governments) must promptly minimize their greenhouse gas emissions to bridge the gap while we work on long-term green technology and infrastructure. Less heating and less cooling (none between 13C-30C/55F-85F, https://greenbetween.home.blog). Less driving. Less flying. Less meat-eating. Less population growth (2 children per family). Do it yourself. Tenaciously encourage others to do it. Tenaciously encourage others to tenaciously encourage others.
Embrace the message and tenaciously introduce the message "business card" to all you encounter. (You can print the business card 12 per 8.5x11 using a file from the Promote page of the website.)
Be a climate superhero - take it to the next level. Promote the message at local events. (Files for posters are available on the Promote page of the website.)
Why is it that the building code sets a series of minimum R-values that seem to be taken as maximums and the highway code sets a series of maximum speeds that seem to be taken as minimums?
Too many windows to clean is my first thought when I see a house with a lot of windows. I love cleaning my house, but I have limits, and I would not want to have a house like the one in the picture. Less is more for me.
I heard the aphorism "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" was changed to "... shouldn't (un)dress with the light on".
That is one butt-ugly house.
Code always seems to be a few decades behind science...
Turning from the world of optimized design, to the world of living with our existing infrastructure. Until we are living with heat pumps and sufficient green electricity to have eliminated all nongreen electricity, the answer is GreenBetween 55F to 85F - don't heat above 55F, don't cool below 85F. Dress warmer during the heating season. Dress cooler during the cooling season. Minimize heating and cooling greenhouse gas emissions. https://greenbetween.home.blog.
The big picture:
Make varied expansions of the following topic a recurring focus of your messaging. Doing so would be a major contribution to combating global warming.
Consumers (individuals, organizations, businesses, governments) must promptly minimize their greenhouse gas emissions to bridge the gap while we work on long-term green technology and infrastructure. Less heating and less cooling (none between 13C-30C/55F-85F, https://greenbetween.home.blog). Less driving. Less flying. Less meat-eating. Less population growth (2 children per family). Do it yourself. Tenaciously encourage others to do it. Tenaciously encourage others to tenaciously encourage others.
Embrace the message and tenaciously introduce the message "business card" to all you encounter. (You can print the business card 12 per 8.5x11 using a file from the Promote page of the website.)
Be a climate superhero - take it to the next level. Promote the message at local events. (Files for posters are available on the Promote page of the website.)