Archives for September 2017

Typical Garage Turns Into Vibrant Home Theater

September 12, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Cozy, durable furniture and colorful lights give a Florida family a multiuse space that they use every day

It took some persuading, but Giselle Loor talked her husband, Brett Sugerman, into converting their garage into a home theater. The couple had explored adding on to their house, but it would have been double the expense of a garage conversion and would have created problems with the home’s roofline. A garage conversion made the most sense, so the cars would have to go outdoors.

Before and After: Typical Garage Turns Into Vibrant Home Theater

Filed Under: Appliances, Blog, Decor, Furniture, Home Remodel, Technology

Greenhouses of the Future, Growing Food Without Soil | Où se trouve: Lufa Farms

September 10, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Using city rooftops to grow healthy sustainable food.
Learn how Lufa Farms is using technology and automation to grow fresh food daily with no soil, no pesticides, less water and zero waste.
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Montreal is home to many high tech companies and when it comes to the food industry, it makes no exception. Lufa Farms is spearheading the urban agriculture movement by pushing technology to the cutting edge, producing fresh produce right in the city center of Montreal.

In this episode of Où se trouve, we follow Mohamed Hage (CEO of Lufa Farms) and Simon Garneau on an in depth, educational tour of their state of the art facilities. Learn how they are producing vegetables without soil, how they manage pest control without herbicides or fungicides and how they conserve water in a more environmentally sustainable way than a conventional farm.
What’s most impressive, is they’re doing it all on Montreal island, right in the city – so the food they make is delivered to their customers in the best condition and at it’s freshest.

Filed Under: Blog, Random Thoughts, Technology

A Visual Spoken-Word Poem for Peace

September 8, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Good Morning is an abstract film by the production company Already Alive, set to the words of musical artist Kamau. It features the Harlem School of the Arts Kids Dance Ensemble, with an objective of conveying a message of respect. “We’re aiming to inspire viewers to stand up against hate and intolerance in these tumultuous times,” wrote the film’s producer, Jake Paque, in an email. For more information, you can visit Already Alive’s website and Facebook page.

Filed Under: Art, Blog

Can Paint Be an Energy Source for Homes?

September 6, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

The paint on the wall may soon be a source of energy for a home. Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, say “solar paint” will be available to homeowners in the next few years.

It’s a sunlight-absorbing paint developed by RMIT researchers that produces hydrogen fuel from solar energy and moist air. Even a brick wall could potentially be turned into an energy-harvesting form of real estate, says lead researcher Torben Daeneke.

“Our new development has a big range of advantages,” Daeneke told Science Daily. “There’s no need for clean or filtered water to feed the system. Any place that has water vapor in the air—even remote areas far from water—can produce fuel. … This system can also be used in very dry but hot climates near oceans. The sea water is evaporated by the hot sunlight, and the vapor can then be absorbed to produce fuel. This is an extraordinary concept, making fuel from the sun and water vapor in the air.”

Source: “Solar Paint Offers Endless Energy From Water Vapor,” Science Daily

Filed Under: Blog, Home Care, Technology

Top Home Renovations for Maximum Retrun

September 4, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Blog, Decor, Home Care, Home Remodel

How Sleep Works

September 2, 2017 By EmmanuelFonte Leave a Comment

Most people don’t understand the function of sleep in their bodies and on their minds. Learn more about sleep, particularly why you can’t store sleep, from this infographic!