All about the Dude Shemesh from Israel

 

It’s Friday, and hey we like videos. Here is a short movie on an Israeli green achievement: the dud shemesh. Israelis were quick to adopt the low-tech technology which uses heat from the sun to warm sink and bathwater.We are pretty sure that the invention was pioneered elsewhere.

But that doesn’t stop us from puffing out our green chests with pride, for how widespread the invention has become in these parts.

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