Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.
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I've always wanted to put a little solarium on the back of my house. You know. Glass.
People who live in glass houses... have to answer the door.
Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.
Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you're just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some temperature to adjust, and there's split seconds where you've got a fraction of a second where you get to make a move a particular way, and you don't get to repeat it if you do it wrong.
You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.
My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat naturally to my work studio on the second level.
People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
Every day we are paying more for energy than we should due to poor insulation, inefficient lights, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment - money we could save by investing in energy efficiency.
I am a man without a furnace. My windows are insulated by 19 sheets of glass which cost less than installing a heating system.