[Greenbuilding] Compost issues
Speireag Alden
speireag at gmail.com
Tue Nov 13 07:02:58 EST 2007
Sgrìobh Bob Korves:
>We take the compost container out at the beginning of preparation of the
>meal, when we have the refrigerator door open to get out food for
>preparation. We put the compost back in after the meal at the same time
>excess food is returned to the refrigerator. I can't see that that is a
>burden on electricity usage.
No, done that way it wouldn't. It's an interesting illustration
of how assumptions can affect design decisions.
I don't think that would work for us; during the day, as we
snack, we're putting into the compost pretty frequently. So that
would result in opening the fridge a lot more, for us.
-Speireag.
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