Preserving our natural resources and keeping our environment clean is the current order of the day. Leading auto manufacturers are now launching environment friendly cars and several groups are pushing for alternative sources of energy. It’s good that people are now joining forces to address major environmental concerns.
Over at Pogue’s Posts, David Pogue featured the winner of the Modern Marvels/Invent Now annual contest run by the History Channel and the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The winning invention is called Enertia House.
According to the inventor, Michael Sykes, an engineer and former log-home architect:
It’s a design for a home that heats and cools itself, with benefits both the homeowner and the environment.
Two factors contribute to this effect. First, the entire house is made of southern yellow pine. According to Mr. Sykes, this wood is especially efficient at maintaining a constant temperature; it absorbs heat during the day and releases it at night.
Second, air circulates in a convection cycle from top to bottom of the house, constantly redistributing the heat.
