Maybe Karen will have seen this once, but several years ago on tv I saw this show about a house in the UK, that was like the most environmentally friendly house. Foot thick walls that were insulated so well that the house maintained an easy 21C summer and winter. They had solar panels, either on the house or greenhouse or something, and a deal with the powercompany for them to take the surplus in the summer, and give back what they lacked in winter. They would also catch rainwater, which was sluiced to a vat in the basement where it would get filtered and then used for shower and toilet flushing water, rather than using drinkable tapwater for something like that. So yes, a house with a high initial investment, but which paid for itself in the fact that it had very little running expenditure.
PreZ also saw that show or at least one about that same house, even though this was long before we met, and one day we want to have a home that approaches this scheme. Sun energy shouldn't be too big of a problem in AU ;) Geothermal heating also would be interesting, but AU doesn't get that cold in winter, not on par with NY anyway. But yeah, our goal at least is to own our own home, and have it be environmentally friendly and less resource consuming.
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Date: 2004-01-13 11:53 am (UTC)PreZ also saw that show or at least one about that same house, even though this was long before we met, and one day we want to have a home that approaches this scheme. Sun energy shouldn't be too big of a problem in AU ;) Geothermal heating also would be interesting, but AU doesn't get that cold in winter, not on par with NY anyway. But yeah, our goal at least is to own our own home, and have it be environmentally friendly and less resource consuming.