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Reduce energy use, be happier bring daylight into your building - here's how!

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Written by Radha Yoga And ... on 27 October, 2009
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Solatube in Radha's Kitchen

At Radha, we've put money and time into retrofitting our building so that it uses less energy - to heat, cool and light the space.

In the attached photo, you can see one of the 12 Solatube tubular skylights we've installed. Now that we have them, we often don't need to use electric lights in our building in the daytime!

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Teach people to make their buildings use less energy

Written by Radha Yoga And ... on 27 October, 2009
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Sustainable building lecture series - Free-
See link for more info.

November 7 - Adding heat pumps and day lighting to your existing building - how to, what to think about.

November 14th - Community and Food sustainability panel with numerous experts on the subject.

http://www.radhavancouver.org/2009/09/sustainability-lecture...

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Written by James Glave on 4 September, 2007
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I'm building a near carbon-neutral writing studio in my front yard to learn the ropes of green building and teach others how we could be doing better and expecting more. It's 480 square feet, with passive solar design, reclaimed materials, and energy efficient fixtures, and I expect it will be one of the most energy-efficient buildings in my community.

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