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Residential Renovation of a Schoolhouse -- A Deep Energy Retrofit Search The Renewable Energy site for Do-It-Yourselfers This is the most carefully thought out and carefully executed energy retrofit I have seen. Gordon and Sue took a drafty 1963 brick schoolhouse with almost no insulation and converted into a home that could meet Passive House Institute standards, and that has a heating bill that is 6% of a similar size code built home in their area. Some of the features of the retrofit include: R40 Larsen Truss walls, triple glazed R6 super windows, glazing revamped for passive solar heating, a new solarium, a hand crafted masonry heater, and much more. Gordon has done a very good job of describing the logic leading up to the key decisions on the insulating, glazing, passive solar, and thermal mass solutions used in the final design. The article provides good detail on the design and execution of this extensive retrofit. We really owe Gordon and Sue a lot of thanks for making all this information available!
You Can Build a Straw Bale House Fly Elise-ng Passive Solar Home Design FAQ :: MontanaGreenPower.com Q: What is passive solar design? Passive solar design uses sunshine to heat and light homes and other buildings without mechanical or electrical devices. It is usually part of the design of the building itself, using certain materials and placement of windows or skylights. A successful passive solar building needs to be very well insulated in order to make best use of the sun's energy. The result is a quiet and comfortable space, free of drafts and cold spots. In the winter when heating is required, the sun is low in the sky, which allows the heat to penetrate into windows on the south face of a structure. Depending on the climate and the design, as much as 100 percent of a building's heating needs can be provided by the sun. Q: What are the main elements of passive solar home design? A: The following five elements constitute a complete passive solar home design. Aperture (Collector) The large glass (window) area through which sunlight enters the building. Q: What is direct gain design?
Cradle Chair: Big Basket Seat Rocks Adults Gently to Sleep There is no escaping those innate and early-learned associations – for some, it means sleeping to gentle noises on planes, and for others, the act of rocking tilts us softly into a deep slumber. Richard Clarkson and company wanted to create a kind of low-tech, sensory-deprivation, sofa-style seat where one can curl up and forget the workaday worries of ordinary life … and perhaps even doze over before you notice you are slowly falling asleep. While there is art and craft in this object, there is science that went into its design as well. Specifically, research into autistic children and those who suffer from RMD (rhythmic moving disorder) played a crucial role in the shape and structure of the result. For all its theoretical complexity, the final form looks quite simple (and extremely comfortable).
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Cristian's Earth Sheltered Passive Solar Home in Romania Search The Renewable Energy site for Do-It-Yourselfers NEW: Cristian adds a greenhouse... And now the story... After 20 years of stressful work as technical manager for a private company from Bucharest ( Capital of Romania) I decided to find a nice and quiet place and build a home with no future expenses. In 2007 we found a place with 10,000 square meters at an incredible price (0.5 $ per square meter), and with the perfect orientation (N-S) and with all the facilities (water, electricity, natural gas and good road). We bought a trailer and in the autumn of 2008, we built the foundation. How the House Works Plan view of the house as built. The picture above shows the floor plan for the house. The South half of the house (with the large windows) is 0.8m (2.6 ft) lower than the North half. In these pictures you will notice, on the left and right sides of the South wall, some big concrete tubes (1 m diameter) that are used to stabilize the earth and also to store rain water. Foundation Finally
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