Happy Earth Day.
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Happy Earth Day. I hope today makes people a little more cognisant of their actions on this beautiful planet. We all, myself included, are very ignorant towards the fact that our actions are causing serious harm to this planet. We think that we can continue our wastefulness and excessiveness infinitely because the planet is indestructible.
Starting today let`s make a conscious effort to recycle everything that is recyclable, not run the water when it doesn’t need to be run, pick up a piece of garbage off the ground (even if it’s not yours), bring our own grocery bags to the grocery store, and most importantly realize that if we do not change our ways, this Earth will crack sooner than later.
In the spirit of Earth Day I would like to share a really cool housing idea that is taking off in Germany - Passive Houses.
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Passive houses are houses that require very little energy. They are well insulated which prevents almost any heat from escaping. The Passive houses have heat exchangers inside that displace air inside with air outside. These exchangers are efficient, transfering around 80% of the inside air`s heat to the new air coming in to the house. This means little heat is lost in ventilating the house. This allows for low cost heating. Also, in Passive houses cold floors do not exist (I want one). These houses are really amazing. The only downfall is the technology only works for smaller houses. Hopefully in the future the technology will be able to apply to any size home. I would love to see some of these come to Canada.
Happy Earth Day.
