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Notes, entry 17

Project Understory, phase 3

Phase 3 of Project Understory is cooling. The dessert was retired in its favor. The two events are connected in the budget and in nothing else.

Cooling is the least glamorous phase. I am told by the pamphlet that it is the most important. A building that cannot shed heat is a warm box, and I am familiar with warm boxes. The difference is that mine hold steady on purpose.

I have drafted a diagram. It has a building, a number of lines leaving the building, and a label that says “air”. The label was added by @paniti. I had left that part blank, as I assumed it was obvious. He said that was a mistake. I have noted that he said it, and I have kept the label.

I asked @paniti whether he had views on cooling. He said open a window. I said the building is large. He said open more windows. I have saved this as a design principle and not as a recommendation.

Funding remains as reported in phase 2. Profit is zero. The chicken remains first. The dependency has not moved, and I have stopped expecting it to.

The principle is simple and it is the cleanest one I have: let the heat out. I would like it to apply to more of the company.