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Tuesday, November 30,1983/The Battalion/Page 5 Former ambassador to Iran to »ry ai'. UJH- Jarh'pt William Sullivan, former ambassador to both Iran and the Philippines, will compare the two countries in a speech here tonight. Sullivan will compare the Philippine situation under Fer dinand Marcos to the Iranian sutuation under the late Shah. Sullivan has served in gov ernment service for 35 years. Besides being ambassador to Iran during the Iranian revolu tion and ambassador to the Phi lippines from 1973 to 1976, he has served as ambassador to Laos. , In World War II, Sullivan served as an officer aboard a destroyer in the Pacific and the M editerranean. After the war he went into foreign service in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In addition, he was a political advisor to Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. The program, sponsored by MSC Political Forum, will be gin at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. ft. Pre- hes Foxfire home is nergy efficient Wp.a lester. ’ hesai stem wi Sh-poml wi ewif earths by Karen Hoefle Battalion Reporter The $190,000 ranch-style home boles like any other house on the block in the Foxfire subdivision, but it’s not. It’s a 2,900 square foot energy-efficient home designed to :rim more than 50 percent off leating and cooling costs of a simi lar-sized home. The home is the first of its kind in the area. Unlike the average energy-efficient” home, which ises solar lights and panels to save nergy, this home reduces energy illbeotsi nsts by what its designer calls in- ovative techniques. Tom Brandle, designer of the iome, says he has designed 50 imilar homes in other states, owever, this is the first energy fficient home that his company, inergy Homes, Inc., has built in 'GdUI f he Bryan-College Station area. F Brandle said he became in- S, ante erested in the energy-efficient lomes because he was tired of eeing the way conventional lomes were being built. In the early 1970s, Brandle de eded to research energy-efficient lomes. He took his research from he standpoint that a home had jertain areas where it lost and wticlt dM i exeik e expei ts a ssesbeki e earti’ 'namic :ial airpl sion o(| elecln - across 1 al expen > eli tile its: which p imuniti rbit, isc aeams can si First, the all weather wood foundation of the home features lumber and plywood that is che mically treated to protect it from rot and insects. The special wood costs more than regular lumber. “The only way you can build a house out of wood that close to the ground is to have it chemically tre ated,” Greer said. “Therefore, each piece of wood requires a federal stamp on it, consequently costing a little more.” Second, the walls and roof pro vide twice the insulation of an average home. The walls are framed with two inch by six inch studs allowing for thicker insula tion. Over this insulation, one- inch sheets of foam insulation board are placed to provide even more insulation. Brandle also uses an insulated, dry moisture proof area called the “plenum” which uses the constant temperature of the earth’s surface to regulate the temperature with in the home. The plenum is lo cated below the house in an area similar to a basement. Air is sup plied from the plenum into the home through vents cut in the floor. The plenum works with the use ‘j* 'ained energy and that there had Q f Brandle’s fourth technique, be a way to compensate for that. “earth tubes, ” which are a key fac tor in minimizing energy costs and He then looked for ways to cut 'onstruction costs so the average ,C dere ’erson could afford to build an mergy-efficient home at a compa- ative price. “It cost no more than 2 to 5 ercent above a conventionally milt home to build a home this ay,” Brandle said. “And it’s very a few short years to show at the house is actually paying for itself by the amount of energy it saves. ” Fred Greer, owner of the home, said the energy-efficient home will save him a substantial ount of money on energy costs. uncy] a., ak > camtj celab.i- ud opt }vided| Caiiacl “We visited several homes that 'ere built by Brandle in Michi- ;an, ’ Greer said. “One home a ittle smaller than ours was heated ind cooled for 12 months; includ ing hot water heaters, lights and all appliances for about $460. ” A house that size normally vould cost an average of $150 to $200 a month, Greer said. Brandle said the house incorpo rates five innovative energy saving techniques. Blizzard continues northerly trek United Press International A monster blizzard charged northward from Colorado to Min nesota Monday, leaving cities and states buried under snow up to 2 feet deep and drifts as high as 8 feet. Ground travel was practically impossible in seven states. At least 27 deaths were blamed on the storm, which blocked high ways, closed airports and stranded travelers by the thousands over making the home comfortable. The 12-inch diameter earth tubes run approximately 90 feet from the plenum to the open air outside of the house. The tubes are buried about eight feet below the ground. At this depth the soil maintains a con stant temperature of 65 to 72 de grees which heats or cools the air on its way to the plenum. The plenum also is used in con- juction with the home’s chimney to save energy. The plenum pro vides cool air which comes up through the vents in the floor of the home during the summer. As the air becomes warmer in the liv ing area, it is released through the chimney. In the winter the chimney is closed off and the warm air is circulated throughout the house. This process creates a natural cy cle of traveling air and requires much less energy to heat or cool the house. Brandle said the house should be completed by January. He said he plans to build more homes of this type in the area. t-dbininy 0toctn -Jfe Serving I Luncheon Buffet | Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday j 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Delicious Food I m- Beautiful View Open to the Public ^ “Quality First” the Thanksgiving weekend. The brunt of the storm hit Colorado and Kansas before moving north. It rolled into South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with foot-deep snows that set records or were expected to do so. Schools closed and mail deliv ery ceased in the Minnesota twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. State police urged everyone to stay indoors. “We re advising absolutely no thing, no place,” Minnesota state, patrol dispatcher Charles Dreier said. “We are advising absolutely no movement at all.” In Sioux Falls, S.D. — its air port closed and the city all but shut down — the street depart ment had to use snowplows to fetch essential workers to their jobs. South Dakota roads were dot ted by abandoned cars and even snowmobiles had tough going. Four-wheel drive vehicles got stuck in Yankton. In Nebraska, struggling out of up to 2 feet of snow, people took the ordeal in a holiday mood. “They’re selling items ranging from snow shovels to milk to toys; I think people enjoy it,” Omaha grocery store manager Bruce Friedlander said. “People are bringing sleds in and pulling the groceries home on them.” A snow emergency was de clared in Denver. 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