Subscribe….compared to the Army’s in Afghanistan:
NPR: The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion.
That’s more than NASA’s budget. It’s more than BP has paid so far for damage during the Gulf oil spill. It’s what the G-8 has pledged to help foster new democracies in [...]
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Your AC bill is peanuts…
From the Great Headlines Department
It’s Air Conditioning, Not Air Cool-ditioning
Not mine, obviously, but Michael Chandler’s over at GBA.
The most important sentence in his piece:
If energy efficiency ratings could give credit for the dehumidification capacity as well as the sensible cooling capacity, it would give incentives for manufacturers to offer equipment in all sizes and price ranges [...]
More Big Box Moves
GreenTech recently reported that Home Depot is starting to sell networked programmable thermostats. This is good news and an example of Home Depot’s continued efforts to market home performance to the masses. The product has basic functionality:
The thermostat’s website, which is free, and requisite iPhone app, are both simple to use. The interface is [...]
From the Gimmicks Department…”Seepage”
If you watched Dr. Joe’s video from my last post you’d of heard him rant about green buildings and gimmicks. Today I came across a great one in the form of cooling via seepage and evaporation:
Ecooler is a concept hollow tile that connects with other tiles, creating a wall of water-filled ceramics. It’s intended to [...]