After much swaying to and fro, Linda and I decide to get a ventless heat-pump dryer.  The choices were: a clothesline (not practical), a ventless dryer (to avoid losing heat to the outside) or a dryer driven by a heat pump (to save energy).  We decided to combine the two, in buying what seems to be a new offering from Whirlpool.  The stickler was the fact that the ventless heat pump dryer lacks a ‘steam’ cycle.  Linda decided she could do without once, since she will no longer be dressing for the office.  But to hedge our bets, I ask Marc and Caleb to punch a hole in the wall (and cover it up) just in case need to get a vented dryer sometime down the road.