Archive for January, 2011


Green Products

Interesting story on green products and how some companies are deliberately misusing the label to capitalize on the green trend. Reporter is Rui Martins. Camera and editing done by Sean Leathong. Done as part of the University of Western Ontario’s Master of Journalism program.

Source: YouTube

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Direct-Gain Passive Solar Heating

Subtitle: 
A way to heat a house without combustion, electricity, or moving parts

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Over the past two weeks I’ve written about two relatively obscure passive solar heating strategies: isolated gain using sunspaces; and indirect gain using a Trombe walls. This week I’ll cover a far more common and cost-effective approach: direct-gain.

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