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Cartoonist Scott Adams first built the
Ultimate Cubicle for Dilbert the office drone. Now Adams is
designing Dilbert’s Ultimate House (DUH)—virtual proof that a
home can be green without compromising on cushiness.
Irritated by the inefficiencies of supposedly modern
homes, Adams enlisted the help of tech-savvy fans, architects
and energy experts to design an innovative, environmentally
friendly abode for America’s most famous cubicle dweller. The
house isn’t real, but the technologies employed are available:
rooftop solar panels, Energy Star appliances, ozone-safe
evaporative coolers instead of air conditioning, legions of
Roomba vacuum robots, and a killer home theater in the
basement (not to mention an astronomical observatory shaped
like Dilbert’s head). So does this mean that the
comfort-obsessed character has become an environmentalist? Not
quite. As a geek, “Dilbert is still going to use more than his
share of electricity,” says Adams with a laugh. “His solar
panels might have to be a little larger than the average
person’s.” Tours begin September 28 at dilbert.com.
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