Tag: "hvac"

Reporter's Notes: Air Conditioning Reinvented

Reporter's Notes: Air Conditioning Reinvented

A confession: When I first got the assignment to do a story about air conditioner efficiency, I didn't exactly leap from my seat in excitement. (Which is why extra kudos go to those who've made it as far as this web page!) But, really, I should have known better.

 
Amy Standen

Post on Sep 05, 2008 by

Of Birds, Poets, and Architects

Of Birds, Poets, and Architects

A Passivhaus is so well designed that it doesn't need a furnace for heating or an air conditioner for cooling. Because the house is so well sealed, it needs to be ventilated mechanically. That is done through a heat recovery ventilator, a device that pulls up to 80% of the heat from exhaust air and transfers it to the incoming, fresh air.

 
Jim Gunshinan

Post on Aug 08, 2008 by

Building to Beat Climate Change and Save Energy

Building to Beat Climate Change and Save Energy

Low winter light over the town of Iqaluit, the capitol of Nunavut,Canada. Photo by Bill Semple, architect and senior researcher at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.I recently heard Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist, speak at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab about his soon to be published new book, Green: The New Red, White [...]

 
Jim Gunshinan

Post on Feb 23, 2008 by