The Bite:
Gopher it. Install a sun tunnel, a variation on the skylight that's cheaper and easier to put in. Now get burrowing.
Wanna bring a mountain of natural light into your molehill?
09.04.2008
Submitted by tmeronek on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 12:39am.
The Benefits:
- Digging the energy savings. About 11% of the energy we use at home goes to lighting.
- Lighting that's cheaper than dirt. Daylight is free.
- Less of a (ro)dent on your wallet. Sun tunnels are flexible, so you can install them around rafters and barely disturb roofing (unlike skylights, which can require major modifications).
Personally Speaking:
Heather's remodel of her hundred-year-old casa includes using sun tunnels to light her dark-as-a-vampire's lair basement.
Cocktail Fact
The largest prairie dog colony was discovered in 1900 in TX; it was about 100 miles wide, 250 miles long, and home to an estimated 400 million rodents.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters replace a 100-watt overhead hallway light with a sun tunnel, in a year we'll avert the CO2 caused by driving a Prius around the equator 882 times.
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