Passive solar design
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* [http://www.solaraspects.com www.solaraspects.com] - website that provides advice on maximizing the solar passive design potential for new homes | * [http://www.solaraspects.com www.solaraspects.com] - website that provides advice on maximizing the solar passive design potential for new homes | ||
* [http://www.ecowho.com/articles/5/What_is_Passive_Solar?.html What is Passive Solar?] - Article that goes into some depth on the specific elements of passive solar design | * [http://www.ecowho.com/articles/5/What_is_Passive_Solar?.html What is Passive Solar?] - Article that goes into some depth on the specific elements of passive solar design | ||
+ | * [http://www.greenlivingguy.com/greenliving/solar-power-for-your-home-is-for-sale-by-the-green-guru-guid.html Solar Power For Your Home] - book within the Green Guru Guides series from TAB Professional that talks in great detail about passive solar design | ||
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North facing roof windows direct sunlight onto suspended slab in the Surrey Hills house
Passive solar design features include:
- Orienting buildings so that north-facing windows (southern hemisphere) allow sunlight to enter living spaces.
- Using sunlight from north facing windows (southern hemisphere) to heat living spaces when you want to warm a building
- Using thermal mass (such as masonry walls and concrete slabs) to regulate internal temperature variations.
- In summer, thermal mass can keep a building a cool during hot days (if you keep the sun off it)
- In winter, you can allow thermal mass to warm up in sunlight so it can give off heat during the evenings
- Using shading systems to keep sunlight away from North, East and West facing windows when you want to keep a building cool
In the northern hemisphere, south-facing windows get the sunlight.
External links
- Wikipedia:Passive solar building design
- www.solaraspects.com - website that provides advice on maximizing the solar passive design potential for new homes
- What is Passive Solar? - Article that goes into some depth on the specific elements of passive solar design
- Solar Power For Your Home - book within the Green Guru Guides series from TAB Professional that talks in great detail about passive solar design