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So, I saw a YouTube video a while back (I believe it was yours) talking about how terrible portable air conditioners are and just how much heat they radiate back into your living space.

Anyways, the apartment complex we live in is now offering portable air conditioners for rent, and has banned window air conditioners, and of course mini split units are not available. So they're the only ones available. And they make us pay for power, of course.

So for those of us who have been barred from a sensible and power efficient option: any chance you could do an experiment and tell us how to make those less horrible? Stick it in an insulated box and vent that box outside through a fan, perhaps?

Not only would I watch the video, I would copy your design and use it.

Thanks for your time & consideration.

Canadian Food Notification for Non-Canadians:

A Donair (or Halifax Donair) is a Canadian food invented by Peter Gamoulakos in the 1970s. The story goes that he was trying to sell Gyros but was getting terrible sales, so he invented a new dish to appeal to the Halifax locals. The new dish looked more like a Doner Kebab, so he called it a Donair.

A Donair is even less Doner Kebab than Chicken Tikka Masala is Butter Chicken. It *looks* like a Doner Kebab. But it's not the same ingredients. Not even the same meat.

Lebanese style pita. 100% beef. Sweet tangy garlic sauce made with garlic and vinegar and condensed milk and sugar. Tomato and onion are the classic toppings.

Similar name. Looks similar. But different dish. (Delicious too. Definitely worth trying if you haven't. My favorite part is the donair sauce. I often get it for other foods. Its commonly available here for pizzas or garlic fingers.)

Watershed Management Technique:

Rock Check-Dams slowing down rivers and streams and increasing the water available in the water table.

https://youtu.be/c2tYI7jUdU0

#sustainability @sustainability
#watershed #watertable #water

I really like this earth-integrated dome house design. I'd like it even better if it wasnt ferrocrete, but still. Very cool design for a home buried in a hill. Maybe add some Rotproof insulation between the structure and the foot or two of dirt (rockwool or hempcrete perhaps), maybe use stabilized earth + stabilized mud brick for the structure

Aesthetically I'd prefer more of a Bag-End vibe than this white-plaster hippie vibe, but thats just home decor choice.

With everything alternating burning or flooding or polar vortex-ing these days thanks to the Climate Emergency, a buried house in an artificial hill, above the water table, sounds like a pretty good way to go. I saw this years ago and tgen lost it, and today it randomly showed up again in my youtube home page.

https://youtu.be/RoGuvvzHY1A

#sustainability @sustainability
#architecture #fireproof #moldproof #rotproof #longlastingbuildings #energyefficiency

Ondol
In-floor radiant heat systems.

Traditionally with smoke, but that could leak into the house. Modern smokeless masonry stove tech might work better. You could also feed hot air from a solar chimney or heat panels into the ondol to heat up your floor. Or both.

I've watched a lot of videos about this concept.

https://youtu.be/CUMWhl-8cpA
https://youtu.be/WUvPGZzspP0
https://youtu.be/bdxzTMrbedg
https://youtu.be/1Fs7pRdy46o
https://youtu.be/EXN9h1kdKsc
https://youtu.be/eJ0Eb1H01M8
https://youtu.be/2u9B7wezgQw
https://youtu.be/mN6_ax4c8Ww

#sustainability @sustainability
#architecture #fireproof #carbonneutralheatsystems #noelectricityneeded #passiveheating #longlastingbuildings

Earth Air Tunnel
https://youtu.be/MFKo2RdQLlk

#sustainability @sustainability
#architecture #passivecooling #noelectricityneeded #longlastingbuildings

Trombe Wall Systems
A big stone/earthen wall that heats your home.

Earthships employ this sun-side from inside their attached greenhouse. While earthships lack insulation and arent auited to climates with really cold winters, they do have several elements that can be incorporated into other buildings.

https://youtu.be/Bw-CGEzfXg0
https://youtu.be/90X_698x2q4

#sustainability @sustainability
#architecture #fireproof #noelectricityneeded #passiveheating #longlastingbuildings

Solar Chimneys
Passive Heating And Cooling
https://youtu.be/mEQjSaXtt9U
https://youtu.be/sEuhdCgVY74
https://youtu.be/uBDS0fF_Hkk

#sustainability @sustainability
#architecture #passivecooling #passiveheating #longlastingbuildings

Another Wind Catcher / Wind Scoop video
https://youtu.be/AiiGznaH0mE

https://mementomori.social/@Hawkwinter/110895107470646209

#sustainability @sustainability
#architecture #passivecooling #longlastingbuildings

Calcium Chloride-Based Dehumidification.

Airflow makes it work better.

Apparently even in its liquid form it continues to absorb moisture from the surrounding air.

I understand it will kill the plants you put it on and you dont want to eat it, and and it will corrode iron.

Still, useful stuff.

https://youtu.be/Gz14chHw7NU
https://youtu.be/AdzoVpsmE2A
https://youtu.be/gIlRQ0FjFy4

#sustainability @sustainability
#dehumidification #climatecontrol