[Greenbuilding] ok - why do houses have to have stay the same temp inside?

[Clarke Olsen]

Remember all those windows with radiators under them? Light fixtures in the middle of rooms where
no light is needed? Striving for constant levels of anything is wasteful, boring, and not attractive either.
Clarke Olsen

clarkeolsendesign.com
Spencertown, NY 12165 
colsen at taconic.net




On Aug 18, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Erin Rasmussen wrote:

> Hi all,
>  
> So, I was following the passive house thread... and it had me wondering something. Why do we engineer houses to maintain a consistent internal temperature?  Consistent temperatures are nice, but they are just one of the many things a house is for, and may not really be the main function of many buildings.    Would it be a better use of technology, to focus on the aspects of the home that are important to the people living inside it?
>  
> ok - now the sharp tongues on the list can get around to making fun of me. :-)
> Erin Rasmussen
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