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  • Agriculture is a tradition and held in respect
  • Compact towns with no sprawl
  • No litter or abandoned cars
  • Good food and bread everywhere
  • No ostentatious “estates”
  • Time tested and attractive architecture
  • Walking trails everywhere

The picture at right represents some of the contrasts that  we observed on our recent trip to Europe. Outside of the room, you can see a building that is anywhere from 100 to 300 years old. Every window has shutters which have been used for years to keep noise and light out.

In contrast our hotel room (and every hotel room we stayed in) was equipped with modern windows that make North American models look primitive. As expected, the windows open along the vertical hinge, but the cool feature is that with the twist of the handle, they can be made to tilt open leaving a secure ventilation gap at the top.  When closed, the window seals like an airplane door, which makes for almost zero air leakage.  The good seal was further appreciated, considering that the street is about 2 feet from the window.

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thinking_man

ahhh.....

Our Engineers Even Dream of Whole House Fans

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We had a booth at the 2009 West Coast Green show. Great venue.

Great weather. And we had a lot of fun talking to customers.

The show was held at Fort Mason, which was really at one time an Army Fort.

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