Six Brilliant Megawatt Ideas
NRDC: OnEarth Magazine, Spring 2004 - Six Brilliant Megawatt Ideas:
Six Brilliant Megawatt Ideas
by Evan Ratliff
A few very smart people came up with some very smart ways to curb our energy needs. You can even try them at home.
It's quit cool to be "green," and I don't just mean keeping up with the Jones's. Making simple changes to your home - although a new roof isn't quite "simple" - can change not just how comfortable your house is, but your energy bills and the environment around you.
Since we remodeled the house, I've noticed that it's not quite as hot upstairs. Sure, part of it is the central air conditioner, but a large part of it is the new roof we had put on. Additionally, the crawl space at the front of our house is now open to the attic area, and the attic area has a thermostat controlled fan that kicks in when the thermometer hits 85. It pulls the hot air out of not just the attic, but the crawl space in the front of the house - aided by a Vornado fan we had laying around - and the breezeway at the apex of the roof. I think that just the fans alone are pulling cooler air in from outside, and the new shingles are making things less hot - good all around.
Anyway, it's worth a read and some considering.
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