[Greenbuilding] please rant: thar she blows

[Nick Pine]

Ross MacLeod writes;

>   1. Is there some clever and simple  way to implement an automatic
>   system for managing a 'room by room', or 'follow me' heating system, 
> that
>   would also be reasonably convenient?

X10 occupancy sensors?

>   2. In a reasonably well insulated home, (upgraded existing housing)
>   how much of a difference in energy consumption could this approach have?

... 75%.

Laren Corie writes:

>Do what Thomas Jefferson did. Use a solarium (sunspace)
> for isolated Solar gain, that can heat the whole house,
> or just a room, (or a heat storage) as needed, then
> use spot heating for fine tuning (no central system).

Monticello also has "bedchambers" which allow people
to sleep in small spaces which they can heat with their
own bodies, as in old Swedish farmhouses.

Nick