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Robot Vacuums Are Finally Good—Here’s Which One to Buy – WSJ
April 13, 2019Efforts to make buildings greener are not working
February 9, 2019QT:((”
“One reason is the rebound effect. Insulate buildings better, and people will wear fewer layers rather than turn the heat down. The way energy-efficiency schemes are structured does not help, argues Richard Twinn of the UK Green Building Council, a think-tank. The schemes only finance a single type of upgrade at a time, such as loft insulation. A whole-house retrofit, in contrast, could have added digital
thermostats to ensure that greater efficiency was converted into lower bills rather than higher temperatures.”
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Efforts to make buildings greener are not working
https://www.economist.com/international/2019/01/05/efforts-to-make-buildings-greener-are-not-working
The 7 Best New York City Coworking Spaces to Use in 2018
November 19, 2018Energy Recovery Ventilator – Ventilation System for Treating Indoor Air
September 3, 2018https://www.nationalradondefense.com/indoor-air-quality-services/energy-recovery-ventilator.html QT:{{”
When air leaks are sealed to make homes more energy efficient, this eliminates a way for contaminants to escape. Pollutants that are trapped in your home can cause poor indoor air quality. Signs of poor ventilation include moisture buildup on windows or walls, stuffy air, and lingering odors. If you have any of these issues in your home, you should consider a ventilation system. A ventilation system circulates air throughout the house using the existing forced-air system or specially-installed ducts. The system pumps stale air out and replaces it with fresher outside air.
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Ventilation Products for Residential and Commercial Applications | www.fantech.net
July 14, 2018http://www.fantech.net/
clothes dryer fire hazard & need to insulate outlet
What online fashion brands can learn from Amazon’s stores – Digiday
July 1, 2018QT:{{”
“Brands that have similar access to customer data — while perhaps not on the Amazon scale — can follow suit. In some cases, they’re starting to: At Reformation’s newest stores, the sales floor layout is stripped down and streamlined to only display the brand’s top-performing items. The rest of the selection can be browsed via touch screens that show the full online store. (Digital screens as a utility, however, do have their own problems, like a barrier to scale.)”
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https://digiday.com/marketing/online-fashion-brands-can-learn-amazons-stores
12 Companies That Could Thrive in the Age of Amazon
June 29, 2018QT:{{”
“He cites the example of Target (TGT), which “recently began testing replenishing stores and digital orders from the same pool of inventory with one of its distribution centers in the Northeast and saw a 33% reduction in back room inventory for these stores while also reducing stock-outs by 50%.
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In fact, the switch to centralized inventory is key to his switching his view on Macy’s from “short” to “long”:”
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https://www.barrons.com/articles/12-companies-that-could-thrive-in-the-age-of-amazon-1528228978
It feels colder in parts of Canada than on Mars
March 3, 2018https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/29/its-feels-colder-in-parts-of-canada-than-on-mars/ QT:{{”
“For comparison: It’s about 1 degree at Antartica’s Amundsen-Scott weather station. (NB: It’s “summer” down there.) On Thursday, the Mars Gale Crater reached -9.4 degrees, making it feel warmer than Saskatoon, Montreal and Calgary. (At night, NASA’s Curiosity rover recorded lows of -112 degrees. So, take heart, Canadians! It’s warmer in Canada than Mars in the dead of night.)”
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