Passive heating / Discussions

...Passive Solar Home Design If it's mid-September and you are calculating this now, does that mean you are still in the design phase or have you started buildin...

...passive heating – Passive solar heating - how to warm your home with the sun Even if you put a floor covering on a concrete slab floor, you will still get t...

...Passive home design.I'm excited about having a passive house with low heating cost. ATWHP with hyrdonic heating and DWP is something we hope to have. Just...

...heating during sunny winter days that provided too much passive solar heat. How well did that experiment work at collecting excess heat? It was also mentioned...

...heating the floors. How did you execute in floor heat on the Kenogami house and keep it from overheating? PS- I don't expect toasty warm floors, just not chil...

...heating/cooling zones to minimize energy use. Is this still recommended in a green Ontario home? If so, is it best to use 3 different heating and cooling units,...

...Passive House made of ICF, even if their heating bills were identical to the penny. Material selection is very important! Thanks for the question.

...heating for the second story? Or is there a supplemental heating system for floor #2?

...passive heat gain needs to include a passive cooling strategy such as overhangs or sun shades to prevent overheating in summer or you'll be spinning your wheels...

...Passive House on the property and then work on converting the main structure (with a cement block foundation and piers) into a garage with a 550 sq ft passive h...

...passive solar heating . Both of those design priorities will reduce the size of the heating system you require as well as the amount of energy it will consume d...

...heating system. In net zero designs, if an air source heat pump is used for space heating and an indoor air to water heat pump is used for DHW heating, the net ...

...heating systems for a Passive House , you can for sure trim that down. In some areas, achieving Passive House Certification allows you to bypass normal building...

...heating and cooling strategy of our Edelweiss demonstration house .

...heating solution for a home, but to do so successfully there are considerations. Any radiant floor heating system (gas or electric, hydronic or radiant air heat...

...heating. The plan is to prevent the sun entering in the summer and allow it to shine in in the winter. I estimate sun would begin entering about 10 am and finis...

...passive solar basics – How to build a passive solar home The short story is, that if the sun is coming in your window you are getting some passive heat, sim...

...passive’ as it requires a solar air heating panel , but that only requires a fan which can be run that off a very small PV panel. As for: Vapour barrier : C...