Eco friendly family house
Anach:
Quote from: witch on 2011 July 08, 11:35:58
Wood is a renewable resource, coal and oil are not. I agree it depends somewhat on the power generating alternatives as to whether the pollution from wood burning fires is acceptable. Some of our cities in NZ, Christchurch in particular, have had to change building codes for chimneys and fireplaces in order to cut down the pollution. The city is built on a very flat plain with little wind.
Here in Tas, particulate pollution is a major concern for health and environment. It's not difficult to understand that when you see the sheer amount of chimneys burning through the night and smell the air. Many of the homes here still have outdated wood heaters, which are often unsafe and add to pollution. There is a program set in place to replace these heaters, and it is also illegal to re-fit older heaters. We also use Hydro-electric generators, so this also factors as to whether Wood heating is environmentally and economically viable for heating compared to electric heating. Besides having to fight the protesters away from every tree you want to cut down. :)
HomeschooledByTards:
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 14:03:10
Quote from: Seqkat on 2011 July 08, 13:04:14
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 12:26:29
Are the window's double-glazed
No.
Thanks for the info. I shall factor that into my future analysis of power consumption. :P
Her point. You have missed it.
Jelenedra:
In terms of energy saving, you don't want a double GLAZED window, you want a double PANED window. You know. Two layers of glass and a pocket of air that traps hot air inbetween the glass? Instead of just schelacking a glaze on a single pane of glass?
Also, small side note: What water slide?
It is clear your attempt to be scathing and clever has had the opposite affect you meant it to have. Best to run along and pretend that you didn't post here.
Milhouse Trixibelle Saltfucker III:
Quote from: Anach on 2011 July 08, 12:26:29
so we are comparing burning wood to the power of the Sun.
You'd be surprised how unfavourably it compares. The data I was able to gather suggests that 1kg of wood produces on average approximately 1900W when burned in just a normal, non-clean-burning fireplace. A typical solar panel may produce as much as 200W per square metre in ideal conditions. Unless you are getting 24-hour direct equatorial sunlight somehow, it's pretty obvious which one is more efficient and cost-effective. For some reason people always remember that the sun is an enormous ball of ridiculously hot plasma, and forget the little glitch that the intensity of sunlight is basically jack shit by the time it gets here, and on top of that we can only manage to harness a tiny fraction of it.
If you are going to whine about "eco-friendly", at least know what that MEANS first. Besides, no sim house will ever manage to approach real-world standards of environmental stability until you can make a nuclear pile. :D
Anach:
Quote from: Jelenedra on 2011 July 08, 16:45:14
In terms of energy saving, you don't want a double GLAZED window, you want a double PANED window. You know. Two layers of glass and a pocket of air that traps hot air inbetween the glass? Instead of just schelacking a glaze on a single pane of glass?
Also, small side note: What water slide?
It is clear your attempt to be scathing and clever has had the opposite affect you meant it to have. Best to run along and pretend that you didn't post here.
"Insulated glazing (IG) also known as double glazing are double or triple glass window panes separated by an air or other gas filled space to reduce heat transfer across a part of the building envelope"
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Insulated_glazing
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