Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Unit design for efficiency

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

One thing I would add to Liz's excellent advice is doing away w/ the kitchen
oven -- altho' I would put in the hook up for resales.  As a single person,
just a range top would work fine for me.  The oven creates a lot of heat and
it's expensive to use. I bake in a toaster oven and use the microwave for
almost everything.  If I ever have to do some serious baking I can use the
CH kitchen. The space the oven occupies is wasted -- I store stuff in it.

Now ... if I was a bread baker the story would be different...

Ann Zabaldo

Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC. -- America's
Hometown!
zabaldo [at] earthlink.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Stevenson" <tamgoddess [at] attbi.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 11:49 PM
Subject: [C-L]_Unit design for efficiency


> Have super efficient appliances, both in terms of energy use and space. A
> small, front loading washer/dryer(not everyone will want/be able to go to
> the CH), on-demand hot water heater, super-efficient refrigerator,
microwave
> over the stove, dishwasher in a drawer, etc., would be cheaper to buy as a
> group and make better use of space. I could have two more closets if I
> didn't have appliances in them that were designed for large suburban
houses.> --


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