That Wisconsin House

Somewhere in a box,
I have a little book.
It was something I picked up in Wisconsin in 1993.

It was about a house that was heated by passive solar.

Any-who...
the point I wanted to make...
they had a mud room / coat room between the garage and the kitchen.
they had their fridge backed up to the mud room.

Ya see...refrigerators produce heat.
Then, they vent that heat ... to the wall behind them.
The wall behind them gets hot.
Which makes the fridge work harder.

So imagine this...
the space behind the fridge was wall-less.
So all of the heat from the fridge.. went into the mud room. They were able to dry off their coats, warm gloves, and air out their shoes...
all because the fridge gave off heat that kept the mud room toasty.

They also didn't loose as much heat as they came and went from the garage because of the slight (although not air tight) air lock system that the mud room created.

The fridge didn't have to work as hard, so it used less electricity.

So, the fridge backed into the mud room, an oven that vents to the outside, ... starting to get a lay out for the kitchen...