Portuguese Architects have designed rotating homes that follow the sun in much the way Sunflowers do. Not only do they rotate to maximize the time their solar panels are 90 degrees to the sun, but they also can reconfigure themselves internally to optimize the space for maximum solar gain. The Architects claim the homes can produce five times as much energy as they consume. Read the entire article here on the Hexapolis site.
Because I can't say no, and because I generally believe in giving back to the community, I agreed to be on the Subdivision Review Committee for Marshall County. Plan Director, Ty Adley, wisely recognized that the proposed new sewer districts working their way through the County could result in an increase in requests for new subdivisions.
Read moreTo paraphrase Gary Gulman, the phone is just a seldom used app on my phone and if you call me on it, I'm immediately mad. How dare you!?!
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