Tiny eco-home demonstrates big energy savings – news bulletin

Tiny eco-home demonstrates big energy savings

An energy efficient home, measuring just 3 meters cubed, is helping people realize how to cut their carbon footprint. The building, called The Cube, is the brainchild of a British psychologist who wants to know why – in his view – people seem to be reluctant to adopt energy saving technology. Stuart McDill reports from the University of Hertfordshire.

 


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  1. Welcome to the …….. It’s a 3 …… 3 ……. ……. metre ……..
  2. He (Mike Page) ……. to know ……. stopping some people from ……. low energy technology ……. LED lighting ……. when they ……. it works.
  3. "By doing the ……. project we ……. able …….. collect ……. we believe to ……. the ……. technologies, or ……. best ……. of technologies.
  4. The ……. makes the ……. of ……. space outside and …….. Solar ……. on ……. roof and a south ……. wall ……. produce ……. the electricity ……. needs.
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  6. The result ……. a carbon-……. home ……. commercially ……. materials ……. technology that will ……. energy and ……..