[Greenbuilding] ENERGY STAR Clothes Dryers Program Launch

[Peter Kidd]

all you need are tall enough poles and strong enough clips.

energy star follows and leads. there were no "clothes dryers" in Energy 
Star because it wasn't about drying clothes but about the available 
white goods (appliances) and identifying the better performers. since 
only one white goods technology was available there was nothing to 
differentiate through Energy Star, ergo no Energy Star dryers. but if 
you are talking about drying clothes it is a whole different matter.

even in high rises we could have alternatives, like those drying rooms 
mentioned elsewhere in this thread, both/and utilizing the superior wind 
resources and solar exposure, and other energy flows within that 
building system.




> The tinyurl's aren't working for some reason. But the problem here -- 
> and I would guess for many others in apartments -- is one of space 
> and, secondarily, aesthetics. We use racks and furniture and barely 
> have room to dry handwash. Could never fit regular wash with sheets, 
> towels, etc.
>
> I wish we had the old solution, which was a pole placed in the back 
> yard of the building so that all the rear facing apt's could attach 
> clotheslines from their windows to the pole. And that, of course, 
> wouldn't work with high rises.
>
> David
>
> At 11:17 PM 7/21/2012, Bob Waldrop wrote:
>> Indoor drying products/resources --
>>
>> Home Despot $79 retractable clothes line, http://tinyurl.com/cjkbpxa
>>
>> Walmart Clothes drying racks -- http://tinyurl.com/bmsqb5q
>>
>> http://frugalliving.about.com/od/clothingcare/ht/How-To-Line-Dry-Clothes-Inside.htm 
>>
>>
>> Bob Waldrop, in sunny 109 degree F Oklahoma, where clothes dry really 
>> quickly on the line
>> *
>> *On 7/21/2012 9:31 PM, David Bergman wrote:
>>> Dense urban living has many environmental advantages, but solar 
>>> clothes drying -- especially in high rises -- is not one of them.
>>>
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>
> David Bergman  RA   LEED AP
> *DAVID BERGMAN* ARCHITECT / *FIRE & WATER* LIGHTING + FURNITURE
> architecture . interiors . ecodesign. lighting . furniture
> bergman at cyberg.com _www.cyberg.com_ <http://www.cyberg.com/>__
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> t 212 475 3106    f 212 677 7291
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> author - Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide
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> adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design
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