[Greenbuilding] neat idea

[William R Bloom]

I just finished replacing the windows in my house. 
 Definitely not cheap and not exactly easy as I had to 
mill custom trim both interior and exterior, tweak some 
framing openings, patch exterior stucco, etc.

I think this is a cool idea of using a problem landfill 
item and turning it into something useful.  I would expect 
to see something like this in the earthships outside of 
Taos.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/five100penguins/1459663419/

Bill
Albuquerque




On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:29:28 -0500
  Sacie Lambertson <sacie.lambertson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Uh uh, these shacks are cheek by jowl with each other, 
>quite literally.
> Additionally, windows offer more entry points for 
>thieves.
> 
> Mostly though these 'sky lights' are about as cheap as 
>one can get, mostly
> it is a matter of using the trash found in the streets; 
>windows are
> impossibly expensive for the folks resident in these 
>places.  Surely your
> suggestions are tongue in cheek?   or jowl?
> 
> sacie
> 
> *I guess I am not getting my point across.  I'll try 
>again.
> *
> 
>> *
>> Why put in skylights when windows are much easier and 
>>cheaper?  (for any
>> given construction method)*
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank You Kindly,
>>
>> Corwyn
>>
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>> T
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