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{Re}habitat
Learn how adaptive reuse and upcycling can add hip design to your home, apartment, or yard with the Go Green channel's {Re}habitat series. Follow host Rachael Ranney as she shows you how to repurpose salvaged and found materials, adding fun and function to your space without breaking your budget.
You need insulation in your home to provide resistance to heat flow. The more heat flow resistance your insulation provides, the lower your heating and cooling costs.
Properly insulating your home will not only help reduce your heating and cooling costs but also make your home more comfortable. Here you'll find the following information:
Airtight Drywall, and Simple Caulk and Seal for Air Movement Control
Written by The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of EERE Fri Feb 26 2010Two wall-construction techniques — the Airtight Drywall Approach and Simple Caulk and Seal — can be used to create a continuous air barrier within a house. Using one of these techniques can significantly reduce air leakage to help improve a home's energy efficiency.
Air barriers block random air movement through building cavities. As a result, they help prevent air leakage in your home, which can account for 30% or more of a home's heating and cooling costs. Air barriers also help control moisture in a home. While they stop most air movement, air barriers also allow any water vapor that does enter to diffuse back out again.
Air Sealing for New Home Construction
Written by The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of EERE Fri Feb 26 2010Air sealing is an important factor when constructing an energy-efficient home. These are some air sealing techniques and materials:
You can use weatherstripping in your home to seal air leaks around movable joints, such as windows or doors.
To determine how much weatherstripping you will need, add the perimeters of all windows and doors to be weatherstripped, then add 5%–10% to accommodate any waste. Also consider that weatherstripping comes in varying depths and widths.
What do Arthur Erickson, Robson Square, and The Olympics all have in common? The ability to attract crowds.
"On Saturday night, more than 50,000 people milled around Robson Square in downtown Vancouver. 50,000 in one small area! On Sunday, it got worse. The crowds were so heavy that the media dubbed it Super Sunday," writes June Campbell.
One Step Closer to the Jetsons
In the news this week there has been talk of inanimate objects that can Tweet their status to humans via their Twitter accounts. Included in this array were a house plant that can complain about being under- or over-watered and a pair of shoes that can advertise when they take steps. Entertaining, for sure, but the one category that caught my attention was electric meters that can Tweet data.
