Cooling – The Urban Homestead

LIVING WITHOUT AC

Posted by Anais Dervaes on September 28, 2010

By reducing our dependence on air-conditioning, we can not only save energy but also become more resilient human beings….

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GOING OFF THE AC

Posted by Anais Dervaes on July 26, 2009

I just wrote about not being able to work the AC at the last event saying it was…

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ANOTHER SHINY SOLAR OVEN

Posted by Anais Dervaes on September 21, 2008

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ALL IN A DAYS WORK

Posted by Anais Dervaes on July 25, 2006

Nitty gritty Another sweaty, dirty, dusty, filthy day for the guys. This awful humidity makes an already dirty job even worse – the dust just sticks to the…

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INTERDEPENDENCE DAY

Posted by Anais Dervaes on July 4, 2006

It’s another hot and humid day – yuck! Let me see now, we are going on over a week of this hot and sticky weather. Sorry for the lack of…

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THIS & THAT

Posted by Anais Dervaes on October 11, 2005

Fo-ti vine screen Passive Cooling To keep our house cool during the brutal summer months, the guys erected two passive cooling, living-trellises a few years back which runs along…

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THIS & THAT

Posted by Anais Dervaes on October 11, 2005

Fo-ti vine screen Passive Cooling To keep our house cool during the brutal summer months, the guys erected two passive cooling, living-trellises a few years back which runs along…

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