https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/how-to-cool-your-home-in-an-environmentally-friendly-way/ Powering a Greener Future Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:54:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/how-to-cool-your-home-in-an-environmentally-friendly-way/#comment-18557 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:54:59 +0000 https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/?p=11409#comment-18557 Cooling your home efficiently is crucial, and one method not discussed is using dehumidifiers alongside your AC. They help by making the air feel cooler, reducing the need for extensive air conditioning and consequently saving energy.

]]> https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/how-to-cool-your-home-in-an-environmentally-friendly-way/#comment-18553 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:26:35 +0000 https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/?p=11409#comment-18553 Nice article, but mostly useful for home owners.
EXPANDED CURIOUS BENEFITS OF INSULATING ‘OUTSIDE THE HOME’
As a Townhouse renter, gardener & Polyculture Orchard tender, I’ve taken another tact beyond some inside insulation. This 2023 year with help from our Housing Development Grounds Crew of the 33 acre property with 755 apartments & townhouses with 3500 people, I’ve been able to collect & spread 510 garbage bags full of leaves, spread unbagged, as outside insulation to the 3 Basement Cement townhouse 21 foot long walls.
CHIP & LEAF MULCHES: The ~3 foot wide garden pathway around the townhouse has some 15 tonnes of Branch Chips brought in truckloads, by my son an Arborist. With leaves covering the 2 to 4 foot (61 to 122 cm) cement walls (up to the bricks) reaching out 20 feet in 3 directions from the townhouse to a level of 1 to 2 feet (30.5 to 61 cm) compressed & kept constantly wet. Leaves & branch chips are insulating the natural Geothermal ground heat & directing a good part of it into the townhouse in the winter keeping it toasty warm. Some of the heat is the bio-degrading of wet leaves & chips. Just yesterday with freezing conditions outside, I dug into the leaves in a dozen places & measured the temperature to be 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (36.1 C.) throughout with worms & bugs still active below. In summer these same mostly bio-degraded composted leaves have turned to rich productive soil. Over the past 13 years I’ve created about 18 inches of soil, which keeps the basement cool during hot summer days. Sorry I don’t have our video ready on this process yet, but here are 3 short films on our POLYCULTURE ORCHARD which capture some of the components. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/b-ecological-design/1-how-to-grow-your-own-raw-vegan-food-garden
We use a rodent-proof CEMENT-BOARD-COMPOSTER for kitchen cuttings also insulated on 2 sides by leaves & 2 sides with Styrofoam, which actively decomposes all materials over the whole winter here in Montreal (down to 30 degrees Celsius below freezing). 2 foot wide by 4 feet high Cement-Board Composter times 4 sides, which serves 4 families or households now for the past 12 years with a harvest of rich compost once per year. The cement-board composter also benefits from surrounding geothermal insulated ground flowing into its base.

]]> https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/how-to-cool-your-home-in-an-environmentally-friendly-way/#comment-18552 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:08:34 +0000 https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/?p=11409#comment-18552 […] from cleaning your air filters, below are other simple energy-saving practices to stay within your budget during the summer months. Whether you’re a homemaker or a business […]

]]> https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/how-to-cool-your-home-in-an-environmentally-friendly-way/#comment-18551 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:08:01 +0000 https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/?p=11409#comment-18551 […] you’re looking to save up on energy bills during summer, you need to tackle the source of the issue. That is your cooling system. It might feel really nice […]

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