Urban Agriculture 6

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This post is not exactly about agriculture, but it does contain building designs using living and biodegradable materials like fungi. He mentioned triple-glazed windows. This is part of an energy-efficient design that limits the cold air from entering the building. As these buildings become airtight they need mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems. These are systems […]

No Free Solar Energy

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Solar has become the most popular renewable. The costs are getting there. The emissions are naught. Also, there are not the moving parts that you find in turbines. However, the costs are: the mining and the production of the panels; the difficulty in making the waste into a circular economy; and the additional technologies needed […]