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Home Is Where the Heat Is Off
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At a time when most people are contemplating whether to give in and turn up the thermostat, Simon Hare and his family are embarking on a bold experiment in green living: a winter with no heat.
Their modest, two-story cottage in Roxbury will be warmed by the sun, the body heat of Hare, his wife Damiana, and his 16-month-old daughter Lulu, and even the heat thrown off by its energy-efficient appliances. The airtight, well-insulated house is part of a small but growing movement to design and build extremely green dwellings by rethinking what is essential in a house.
"You make it really efficient; you design your house to do your work for you," Hare said. "On a February day of 6 degrees, if it's getting cool, we can heat the house by making a second batch of pancakes for my daughter."
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