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harrunoelrs
- Gnin dryan nus, drying mks, bulk [cod sums
or lnns
- Wrnler hay slur-5: (in eold elhnalesl; hear or
pamal (omposml! ls radialed and oonduered lo rhe
«fling ol mums below
m: marmls or ma Dam nous:
. No wesr wlndows. Wesl wall palnred whde and
lully shaded, vme—icmned, evergreen lrees lo lhe
wen
- Cold arr Innnel or eold arr soured as a lully en-
eloord,bark.rnulehshadehoure.
. roardyehol arr erhaual as. solar chimmy or small
aharhad glaohouae lo llre sun srde.
. Unlnrpeded myhrvnmhflml rorrool a .
. Eilher vlry nu .whrre, lullyohaded walls leool
desens and soul nighls) or vary light, rereened, or
malted walls (hm days end who).
. Evaporativc cooling surlaees ln a through»
draughh as unglaztd ponery, solre mounds, lerns ln
hark, rhlrlr nnes. orwer hessran llaurlaplsereens
. Cm| eellars lor amrists, or deep eool lnlernal
rounyards wlrh ylnes and lerns
- Celllngs .nsulaled, lhirk VIII! nuss (we! mo! area
PLACEMENT or VECETA'HON AROUND
DRYLAND HOUSE
ll rs lhe low weslorly sun |hd| ndds mosl heal ru
hulldmgs; lor lhal reason, no wlndows are plaeed m
wesl walls where lhey mm! dueel hear porn Pcrmnr
need screens ol evergreen uees. lhlrleleavol urnes, or
NH ham are plued no (he wfi| ol rhe house so as |0
shade and sheller lhe wesl wall The shade slde ol rho
house ls where enelosed uellrs ls bulk The eaalude can
be pan-shaded by decrduous nee-s or hunts, and can
mu mull wmdows Glazing ls mosr userul on lhe sun
side where low lrrr mld areasl m 75% lrn wann areasl
orlhe wall can be ghss.
The house llselr needs n. be elongaled edsrewesr, so
rhar sun m wlruer can reach all room noors ll is 2hr
em wldlh on rhe sdn srde llul perrnlhs rhr wrnler sun
lo enler lho mums, and Ih: hummer sun m nuss the
walls and wrndows srlrnul (um .nrernall barnhou.
wooden, or alurnuuurn hllnds prevenl heal enrry |n
wlndows on hol mnler days m dererls Deciduous
vures on rhe sun srde prevem roo rnurh heaong dunng
me surnrne. rnorrnu
The rorrerl plaeernenr ol vegzlllion. blmds,
mndaws and Insulation lngure 11.55) means um no
exlra mars are warned, hue lhar rlre dwllling wnrks
elhelenlly. ln malemenrs, surh rules ran be rnade pan
ol loral bulldlng leplslahon. and nus alone wlll save
lhousands olherlares ollorasls in the lhud world
snow, rhareh, wool, leathers, errrlr, woven Medals.
and eval paper and rardlaoard are adequihe rnsulalurs,
but lew ol «head equal lluelr runs aver wall and molds
aeme cmhng syslerns; lhese are allordnole by any
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person. A desm house well mned and shaded by
vegetlllnn an uuu urdeed. l bol-eue lhe emphasis in
desen hoosln; should be on develnprms rhe arbm lor
hung, and on ereahng eonrpaer and reaedve housing
rnalnly lor mght oeeupaney, and ln lhe rare use ol
earns
HOME army CONSERVATION
To produse hm wile! m desens u easy enough, ehher
hum.
- A solar lmc wlrh a wales mud 2 flats rover, and
aluminium loll aver lhlck maulahon (a bulk warer
healed,
- A yld 01 Flash: plpe |n wot—mend sand, heel!
under glam; and
- A simple ooil ol prpe on a rneral rerol, so Hm
enough war-n In hm warer ls avarlaole,
For groups of 5m houses a solar pond ol 4—5 m
srdes, and Xvi m deep lrlguu um wlll supply run
only hm waler, bur houae headng, Spare heal and hor
warer logelher are aboul m ol flue energy needs ol
modern humus,
A roldary pholovollarr eell or a bank at suel. (ells
provides lhe lnrle eleerrlelly needed lor 'gms and
eleerrenres, and .l rerrulns \9 (wk using oil. 5:5, or
rnodesr ores All desen sallernerus should, as a manor
ol lrglslaled plannrnp, drren waslewnler to firewood
planladon ln a modern lown surh as Allzv Spnngi or
new rowns, rhe ware. hum washing, rollers, and slnlrs
muld provide all rlre llrewnod lor rookmg ll u .s
earelully used .n ulrlrle lmgiflnn syslerns. and sored
ln noneleelrlng and revered :isknu Haldy desen trees
on a rnueh Wermle eslablish firewood reserves.
HOUSE mm: CONSERVATION
Modesr waler use .seasrly nrlueraolell emerenl shower
heads are used lru wash end oolh shower and
handbasrn or laundry wil hrsr dryened lo lhe llush
lanlr or lorlols (Mutt? sewage rs provrdedl, or lo lhe
garden where dry pu lollels are used The pd loller
popular .n eenrral Ausrralu warks well. and '5 good lor
years at use wlrhour wan'r lflgure "57! Tu gel
shower waler lo a flush roller eulern, lhe shower and
handbasln (an be ralsed a less sleps shave lloor Ind,
anda luueleyeldslern usedl - rum.
Wherever possrole, spnuhn from I" root areas
should he run lo mvered «rm-rue ranld These would
he a hor sales llem .n rnosl or lhe world, our ere
eornrnon only rn Ausmlla Vege'rmlr, elerrrlr lugs.
and Mary elorheshnesxl ll 15 a rare .solaled house m
dryland Ausnalla rhal does um ooasl ol al leasl 5m I
ulmnk rapamy Lorared on lhe shade slde or she house,
under lrellls. sueh tanks provrde rool dnnkmg and
rookmg waler,