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architectural web nuggets « in Picenum
Mies, mies, Van der Rohe (Roha)..and I-beams..incredible. I can love the I-beams and admire the Bauhaus…could live easly with I-beams but not in a Mieshaus. ...
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the myth of stone walls as insulation « in Picenum
A typical 500mm thick stone wall, for example, has the equivalent insulating value of only 15mm of rockwool. In comparison, to pass building regs a new ...
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micro chp « in Picenum
It’s got a similar electric-to-heat output ratio as the Whispergen and Microgen (1 kWe/9 kWt) but they claim that it operates at high efficiency at part ...
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mezzadria « in Picenum
Until the 1960’s the practice of mezzadria was widespread in this part of Italy. Under this system, the land owner (proprietario) would provide a house and ...
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in Loro Piceno this week: cooking up vino cotto « in Picenum
low carbon building and life in Le Marche ... As a result Simone only needs to cook down the vino cotto by a third, taking around 12 hours. ...
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end of domestic-scale chp? « in Picenum
The term micro CHP applies to any combined heat and power plant under 50 kWe but in this case we’re talking about tiny domestic-scale units (around 1kW ...
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live blogging from the Civitanova fish auction « in Picenum
Together the three of us are heading to the Civitanova fish auction where a scrum of wholesalers .... Captain Clean Boat on live blogging from the Civitan… ...
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220, 221, whatever it takes « in Picenum
220, 221, whatever it takes. 22 May, 2007 in house, italy. mr mom This week Teri Garr is played by my missus, who has gone to Kazakhstan for work. ...
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end of domestic-scale chp? « in Picenum
Microgen is one of two major players in the much hyped and still nascent domestic-scale CHP market. Why would a company backed by British Gas, ...
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the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Wales « in Picenum
the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in Wales. 29 August, 2007 in travel, trekking. wales is it. Following the week in Snowdonia, I met up with some ...
