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Amazing windows
 How about this breakthrough (no pun intended) in windows? And isn't all this nanotechnology interesting? I sure think so. I mean at least the parts that my feeble brain can grasp. It just keeps getting more fascinating!
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Energy at home
 How we use it has changed over the past decades, and mostly because so many have moved away from the cold North to the Sunbelt. This is an interesting article with a good, two-minute video. Thanks to Robert O'Brien for the heads-up. |
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Something new for CO
 I came across this story about a new way of protecting workers from carbon monoxide. Seems like a good one to me. What do you think? |
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This one fascinated me
 What a terrific way to make use of those blast furnaces left over from all our closed steel mills, but more important, what a great way to help protect the lives of our soldiers. |
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Nothing to do with heating
 Subscriber, Noel Kelly, sent me this link about a new type of watch that uses hydraulics to tell time. He also sent this link to a neat video of the watch in action. Noel wonders how long it might be before we see a hydronic watch. I wonder if it will come in three speeds, or with an ECM motor so we can slow things down a bit on those crazy days. Thanks, Noel! |
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And lots to do with heating
 From below, that is. Here's an article that explains why (in part) the ice is melting in Greenland. It seems that nothing is ever as simple as it seems, doesn't it? |
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Not-so-Passive opinions
 I liked this article about passive houses in the U.S. I thought it was fair, especially since they included the opinions of the ever-entertaining Martin Holladay. I also heard from my friend Paul Polletts, who is also not shy when it comes to giving an opinion. Paul writes, "The author implies this is a very humid city in summer...wrong! It's typically 72 degrees and 35-40% RH in the summer...perfect, not humid." So there! |
