Without too much reliance on a central cooling system or an air conditioning unit, there are so many ways you can keep cool in hot temperatures. There is, of course, a multitude of manual ways such as draping a wet sheet over the window, or putting frozen water bottles in front of a fan. But […]
While this is a very broad topic, I do want to talk about a couple things related to sustainable design as a whole. Sustainable designed structures are generally very eco-friendly, and person friendly. Sustainable can refer to as the way the materials are built or a highly sustainable structure, not very reliant on outside maintaining […]
We have talked in different postings about passive solar heating and ways to use it to assist your primary heating source. One heating source we have mentioned is wood burning. While this is not a completely clean source of heating, it is an option that is out there to lessen our dependence on fossil fuels. […]