Off-Grid Cooling – Pepino II

Posted May 9th, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in Sustainability
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John Wells at The Field Lab has been busy reworking the design for the off-grid swamp cooler he calls the Pepino II. This time around he’s using an Igloo cooler as the housing.

Off-Grid Cooling – Pepino II

Creative Cooling

Posted July 22nd, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Method
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cooling homesI’m sure I’m not alone. I’ve been searching for inexpensive and alternative ways of keeping my house cool. Living in hotter climates can be great for gardening but it’s sure nice to find ways of beating the heat. Here’s an article about when creativity meets cool. You can also find it on Coming Unmoored.

Also see the solar powered evaporative cooler John Wells built at The Field Lab.