Trivia distraction: "by growing bananas in his own house"...

[Mark Kohut]

One big component of that task will be to adapt the existing stock of
buildings. Amory Lovins, one of the foremost prophets of energy efficiency
and founder of Rocky Mountain Institute, a think-tank and consultancy based
in Colorado, believes that the scope for improvement remains huge. He has
long preached that proper building design and energy storage can eliminate
the need for air-conditioning and space heating in most climates, and
illustrates this by growing bananas in his own house, on a windswept
mountainside in Colorado where winter temperatures can drop to –44˚C.
Eliminating the heating system for his house, he says, saved more money
than he spent on insulation and fancy windows. His optimism is slowly
winning converts.
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