Solar heating / Discussions

We are looking for a ballpark price for a 750 square foot active and passive solar home.  To accurately calculate the price per square foot for home construction you need to know local market rates and building material cost. Labor rates vary wildly by location, products not as much, but depending on local availability...

I am most curious about the effectiveness of the air tube floor heating system. The house is now standing, it is the first house built of our new prefab modular kit houses available across Canada and the US. you can see a full break down of the mechanical systems, energy performance and total carbon footprint on this p...

...solar-heated air panels feeding air tubes in the slab floor. Solar air heating panels are a lot less hassle and risk than solar water heating panels, and a lot more affordable than photovoltaic solar panels. We expect this to be among the more affordable off-grid heating solutions as it will only take a small PV panel ...