Thanks Thor,
It is good that you liked it. Someone told me that the info on the site was good, but he would like to see some samples on what he could do. That way he could understand it better. That lead to the idea to get a selection that was easy and without major rebuilding. Most paints are using titanium as binding and the innovator of low-e paints developed a method to use aluminium instead. It is not toxic and as far as I understand not worse than titanium. It needs special coloring except for a set of light colors that work well and the most common light colors for rooms are available. If you want something extra in color, the possibilities are less. The aluminium flakes or sheeting are not toxic either, it is used for food wrapping and cooking. Aluminium as such oxide quite fast, compared with much other tings we use. In the sense it is combined with plastics it might be more of an issue. This it share with almost all building material. I agree that green building concept is important and belive that limiting energy use is probably the greenest you can do, next to that comes building type and material, which can cause reasons to consider trade offs. It is not much of a green building if a choice of material causes larger energy use. A couple of days ago, I got the films we talked about once, moved to DVD. If you are interested I will make some excerpts for you and your father to download. Tell me off list. Hakan At 20:36 22/01/2004, you wrote: >Hakan, > >Great work! It looks quite comprehensive. I have not >yet read this all the way through, just skimmed it, >but I do have one comment so far. > >I am in the process of designing my house rebuild, and >so have spent a lot of time in the past year learning >about green building. > >Although the article is about energy savings, I feel >that these should be done in as environmentally >friendly/safe a manner as possible. For example, are >the low-e paint, or the aluminum flakes non-toxic? >Are they save to use and to dispose of? If the low-e >paint is not low-VOC paints as well, should it be >used? > >It is difficult to cover all bases of green building, >as it is such a vast and rapidly evolving field, but I >am wary of a focus on one aspect that ignores others. >As in anything, there are always trade-offs, but they >should at least be explicit. If the use of one >material to reduce a specific environmental impact >precludes the use of another material to mitigate a >different impact, that is something the homeowner >should take into consideration, imo. > >This is perhaps more a philosophical/holistic quibble >than a criticism of your effort, which I greatly >appreciate and admire. But when thinking about >sustainability it is always good to keep in mind the >big picture. > >sincerely, > >thor skov > > > >------------------------------------------------ >Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:58:36 +0100 > From: Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: First aid for house owners. final draft > > > >I am ready with a final draft of "First aid for house >owners". As many >know, I strongly believe that alternative energy >sources and energy >conservation are two sides of the same coin. I would >like comments and >suggestions as usual and hope that it would be close >to the subject >this time. > >First aid for house owners. >Final draft, Jan. 2004. ><http://www.energysavingnow.com/firstaid/>http://www.energysavingnow.com/firstaid/ > >Hakan Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
