We’ll need a dryer—a clothesline just won’t cut it—but face a dilemma.  Marc alerted me to the idea of a ventless dryer, one which would not exhaust preciously heated air outside the house.  And there is a new Whirlpool ventless dryer powered by a heat pump, which sounds right up our techy alley.  However, it lacks a steam cycle to reduce the need for ironing.  Another manufacturer (LG) has a heat-pump-driven dryer with a steam cycle—but it is not ventless.  So I write Marc: how much would we lose in GreenStar/LEED points by not going ventless?  Many of our decisions may be guided by the points we strive to get.  Perhaps this is the way we ought to operate—trusting the wisdom of those who designed the certification programs?  Hmmmmm.