My best customers start with nothing and are thrilled with solar. The
worst want everything for nothing.
The third world will leave us to drown in our own pollution in 50
years if we don't get to work.
Either this country takes up its roll as leader or we hand over the
torch.
Ray
In the meantime, there's lots of fun to be had getting Americans to
cut their energy consumption five-fold and/or helping people with
no electricity improve their living standards without polluting
like Westerners.
There's hope for us yet. Keep up the good work.
Joel Davidson
----- Original Message -----
From: R. Walters
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] offgrid system question
Hi Joel;
I made a list of strategies we use a couple of emails back in this
string. I'll reiterate:
Here in Northern New Mexico we use adobes (lots of thermal mass)
and open up to the cool night air.
When I lived through Texas summers, you either ponied up for AC,
went to your mountain home, or suffered.
Dana stated the first 2 steps:
super insulate & increase thermal mass.
Next ?? :
Reduce your cubic footage of air conditioned space. (Just cool a
couple of inner rooms.)
Share walls & cooling systems (like apartments, duplexs, etc)
Reduce east & west glazing
Grow overhanging deciduous trees on the East & West
Use Fans
Use some evaporative cooling if possible
Use small High efficiency AC units (Sanjo?)
Raise thermostat setting
Use geothermal heat pumps
Migrate?
Ray
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