83
AUTUMN
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EARLY WINTER
2016
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The house is insulatedwith soy beans,”
exclaims Edna. “Can you believe it?”
The Burri’s home provides for a lifestyle of comfort with a re-
duced ecological footprint. The environmental spirit lives on
when theBurris leavehome.BothEdnaandTomdriveelectric
cars, which plug intooutlets in their garage. In passive solar
buildingdesign,windows,wallsand floorsaremade tocollect,
storeanddistributesolarenergy in the formofheat in thewinter
and reject solar heat in the summer. Solarpanelsareperhaps
themostenvironmentallysafeandsoundmethodofgenerating
electricity in thehome.Sourced throughOwenSound’sSunfish
Solar, thesystem’smaintenance-freedesignallowsplacement
onalmost any typeof roof,andbecause theBurri’s roof is flat,
the solarpanelsalsonegateanyneed for snow removal.
The environmental spirit lives
onwhen theBurris leave home.
BothEdna and Tom drive
electric cars, which plug into
outlets in their garage.
