Step by Step 3000 第3册 Unit8: Eco-conscious construction(3)

B2. Now listen to some more extracts taken from the same news report, and pay attention to some of the phrases, the parts in bold type, which are important to improve your comprehension of details.
1. Logan has incorporated nearly every aspect of a modern eco-conscious design.
2. Every room in this house has a window that faces south, regardless of where it's located.
3. All the rooms in the house have both day lighting which means that there is ample light coming in high into the room, so that we don't need to use electric lights during the day.
4. As a result, Logan's house will have neither a furnace nor air-conditioning,
5. The so-called super-insulation is required to store the solar-heat.
6. Logan is also using thermal mass or dirt to keep the house both warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
7. He's using milk-based paint, for example, and relatively little of that.
8. This room and the inside of this room, virtually all the finishes did not need to be painted.
9. Painting is a fairly un-environmental act in that it is something that involves chemistry.
10. Initially, Logan will get all his water from a well.
11. The roof has gutters and will eventually collect rainwater for general use.