Smart Meters have become something of a norm in homes across the UK in recent years but their value in terms of managing and monitoring energy usage can’t be understated. Although it can be frustrating when you forget to top up the meter, making smaller payments more regularly can be much...
Ventilation varies widely across homes. However, research by Majid Ezzati and others has shown that individual patterns of behavior are the most important determinants of exposure. How much time is spent in the cooking area? How much time is spent bending over the stove or fire, adjusting the ...
People who do not feel that they have the time to visit the mall are able to shop from the comfort of their homes through catalogs (for example, L.L. Bean or Lands' End) made more efficient these days by being available online.21 Another alternative to visiting the mall is home ...
Gas hot water systems are energy-efficient and a worthwhile choice for most homes, and for the right reasons: Boosted Efficiency First up is the significantly less energy consumption of gas hot water systems. After all, gas hot water systems are among the most efficient systems out there. Here...
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One potential difficulty of backward contact tracing lies in the inherent delays involved in testing, tracing and quarantine—where infected contacts who are sibling or parent cases risk being detected after or near to the end of their infectious period3,18. This could reduce efficiency and increase...
In homes with electric heat, the heater can dominate all other electric consumers. Heat pumps, while considerably more efficient (1/3 – 1/2 the consumption) than straight electric resistance heat (like an electric baseboard heater) still consume substantial amounts of electricity. Consider that ...
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aIceland has the highest birth rate in Europe, the highest divorce rate,and the highest percentage of women working outside the home. Such statistics are often evidence of a miserable, chaotic society, with loads of chilren, broken homes, and absent mothers. But Iceland is the exception---...
The decision to mount RV refrigerators in a slide-out has opened up the design of motorhomes, but with a down side. In order for a refrigerator to function efficiently, heat must transfer from the tubes and fins on the back of the refrigerator to the surrounding air. That doesn't work ...