Word: theys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This season of makeshift and grumbling, however, may turn out to have been the period in which the U.S., without really noticing that its attitudes have shifted, passed a balance point toward the acceptance of solar energy. A principle of architecture's postmodern school is that architecture is not an...
In New York, Chicago, Boston and other major cities, he can call for heat on a hotline. While the federal ceiling of 65° applies only to commercial and public buildings, most cities enforce local laws requiring landlords to keep residential buildings at a minimal 68° by day and...
For the majority of the nation's apartment dwellers who do not have fireplaces, there are a few alternatives. Space heaters are selling well, though fire departments warn of dangers from liquid fuel and certain electric models. Safer and cheaper by far are the 79? sheets of transparent plastic...
Once they have buttoned up their dwellings against the cold, more and more conservation-minded homeowners are turning their attention to what would otherwise be the frills and extras of the energy saver's world. Energy-saving gadgets are appearing on hardware-store shelves and in department-store mailers...
Worthwhile energy gizmos are by and large both simple and durable. Also they save enough energy so that the homeowner can recover, or amortize, the initial expenditure-which can amount to several hundred dollars-within a reasonable time. Herewith a sampler of five of the best and most cost-effective...