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Solar Homes and Solar Collectors
Modified Trombe Wall to to trap hot air for heating a home. The vertical glazing of a Trombe wall traps heated air like the solar greenhouse and occupies less space ... water and antifreeze. Two of my collectors cover a surface area 60 square feet. The glazing is more durable than glass and much lighter. See what people are saying about "How ...
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Attached Solar Greenhouse
How about style? Should I have go with diagonal or vertical glazing? Well they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Diagonal glazing has the most heat gain and it’s also advantageous for ... you like your plants to grow sideways. Actually vertical glazing could work in cold climates where a winter sun would be almost perpendicular to the glazing. Vertically glazed surfaces also loose less ...
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Sourcebook Passive Solar Guidelines3
This matches nicely with the increased glazing on the south side needed for passive heating, making it possible to achieve helpful solar ... widely spaced windows instead of one window. 3.1.1 Wing Walls Wing walls are vertical solid panels placed alongside of windows perpendicular to the wall on the windward side of ...
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EP - Lewiston project
Systems. Heated in winter by direct gain through northern glazing with heat stored in the tiled floor and internal brick walls. Additional heat is provided ... roof blanket draped over roof purlins and additional R2 batts to flat ceiling areas and vertical in-fill panels. Lined curtains are provided to glazed areas to the north with sealed ...
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Sourcebook: Lighting
North facing clerestory May require a vertical wall section on the exterior west side to prevent heat ... help you use skylights advantageously: Use a translucent glazing which reduces glare. If using clear glazing, use a ceiling diffuser at the bottom ... shaft to improve light distribution. At the minimum, use double glazing. Provide an interior insulating shade or panel to seal off ...
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Living Technologies Ltd: Technical Background
Home » About Our Systems » Lake Restorers » Typical System » Eco-Restorers » Technical Details » Reedbeds » Horizontal Flow » Vertical Flow » Urban Runoff » Lake Restoration » System Benefits » UK Systems » Findhorn Foundation » Earth Centre » ... greenhouse is built from a galvanised steel frame, clad in a high performance glazing system. The walls are 10 mm polycarbonate. The roof is composed of ...
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Perimeter Slab Insulation
(Figure 5). This solution, while it does not provide full vertical face insulation, is allowed in Section 502.2.1.4 of the 2000 International Energy ... 2000? The table below summarizes the prescriptive insulation requirements for residences with 15% glazing. Heating Degree- Days 15% Glazing* 0-2499 0 2500-4499 R4-R5, 2 ft. 4500-6999 R6-R9 ...
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The Efficient Windows Collaborative: Resources
Particle dispersed glazing. Glazing in which the orientation of small particles between two sheets of glass is controlled ... or more sashes opening by sliding horizontally or vertically in grooves provided by frame members. Vertical sliders may be single- or double-hung. Smart window. Generic term for windows with ...
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Green Building Flooring Materials - Bamboo Floors, Cork Floors, Natural Linoleum Flooring, Hardwood Floors
Panels (SIPs) Exterior Doors Steel Storm Doors Solid & Engineered Wood Windows Window Coatings Window Glazing Window Frames Interior Doors Hollow-Core Solid Wood Interior Wall Framing Structural Insulated Panels ... a floor looking great for decades and is environmentally safe. Bamboo harder than wood?: Vertical and horizontal stripped bamboo averages 1820 on the Janka Hardness Scale which is softer ...
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Energy Ideas Spring/Summer 1996
Properly-positioned overhangs and vertical glass also help block out the heat of the sun ...
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