Mocking Up the ideal home

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Permalink Reply by Anachronism on September 11, 2009 at 10:27pm

Here's my dump into the sand box. This is only one practical concept of many practiced. Anachronism
Tom-and all the others,
My focus on "Passive Solar Heat and Passive Solar Cooling" started in 1983 in Burlington Wash. Our first project using "Passive Solar" cost a total of $75 and three hours to create. This Building is 95 feet x 55 feet x 27 feet tall. The first day it "operated", I was sweeping the first floor and had turned "OFF" the hot-water gas boiler when the building was heated to 65 degree. I heard the "Fan system" start and I went to the furnace room to see why the fan was running? My "Total" solar system composed of a remote sensor located in the attic space, 10" from the roof inside peak. I had set this sensor to 65 degree's and "IF" this temperature occurred in the attic, it would activate the 1/3hp motor on the hot-water radiator unit connected to my "Used" boiler system.
Upon entering my furnace room, I first confirmed the furnace was off. The next actions were to rotate the "sensor" dial counter-clockwise to find out if the attic temperate actually activated the fan system. Turned "UP" to 68, the fan stopped. I turned it back to 65 and the fan started again and "Warm" air flowed out on the exhaust opening. Guess what was happening outside at 2:00 in the afternoon? I went outside to find out what was going on? Guess what I found? It had been snowing for the last 4 hours and three inches of snow had accumulated on the roof and the temperature was 34 degree's. This system has continued for 24 years with no repairs of changes. The volume in cubic feet is 130,625 and the “stand alone natural gas expense” to supplement this building normally ran $150 a month for winter heating to maintain 65 degree's inside.
My last project in Vancouver, in 1987, I created and installed a "Super System" to supply "Solar Heating" and "Passive Solar Cooling" to automatically determine the need for either cooling or heating. The added cost to create this totally passive system, in 1988 was an added expense of $800. The required natural gas needed when the weather did not supply the right conditions cost approx. $30 per month, or $1 dollar to heat a building of 220,700 cubic feet. This figures out to $.0001359 cent per cubic foot of air space. Interesting?

It will work in any typical house. The above project has the cubic volume of 12 typical 2.400 sq. foot homes and cost $1.13 to heat every day for the last 20 years.

During the first years operation in 1989 it cost approx. $30 per month, or $1 dollar to heat and cool a building of 220,700 cubic feet. This figures out to $.0001359 cent per cubic foot of air space. Interesting? It will work in any typical house. My systems has continued to operate for 25 years with NO changes or REPAIRS.

Permalink Reply by Anachronism on September 11, 2009 at 10:39pm

Here's my dump into the sand box. This is only one practical concept of many practiced. Anachronism
Tom-and all the others,
My focus on "Passive Solar Heat and Passive Solar Cooling" started in 1983 in Burlington Wash. Our first project using "Passive Solar" cost a total of $75 and three hours to create. This Building is 95 feet x 55 feet x 27 feet tall. The first day it "operated", I was sweeping the first floor and had turned "OFF" the hot-water gas boiler when the building was heated to 65 degree. I heard the "Fan system" start and I went to the furnace room to see why the fan was running? My "Total" solar system composed of a remote sensor located in the attic space, 10" from the roof inside peak. I had set this sensor to 65 degree's and "IF" this temperature occurred in the attic, it would activate the 1/3hp motor on the hot-water radiator unit connected to my "Used" boiler system.
Upon entering my furnace room, I first confirmed the furnace was off. The next actions were to rotate the "sensor" dial counter-clockwise to find out if the attic temperate actually activated the fan system. Turned "UP" to 68, the fan stopped. I turned it back to 65 and the fan started again and "Warm" air flowed out on the exhaust opening. Guess what was happening outside at 2:00 in the afternoon? I went outside to find out what was going on? Guess what I found? It had been snowing for the last 4 hours and three inches of snow had accumulated on the roof and the temperature was 34 degree's. This system has continued for 24 years with no repairs of changes. The volume in cubic feet is 130,625 and the “stand alone natural gas expense” to supplement this building normally ran $150 a month for winter heating to maintain 65 degree's inside.
My last project in Vancouver, in 1987, I created and installed a "Super System" to supply "Solar Heating" and "Passive Solar Cooling" to automatically determine the need for either cooling or heating. The added cost to create this totally passive system, in 1988 was an added expense of $800. The required natural gas needed when the weather did not supply the right conditions cost approx. $30 per month, or $1 dollar to heat a building of 220,700 cubic feet. This figures out to $.0001359 cent per cubic foot of air space. Interesting?

It will work in any typical house. The above project has the cubic volume of 12 typical 2.400 sq. foot homes and cost $1.13 to heat every winter day for the last 20 years. No cost for all the Passive Solar Cooling except the cost to operate two, 1/4-hp squirrel cage fan to suck the cool air from the Passive Solar Cooling collection into the interior of the building.

During the first years operation in 1989 it cost approx. $30 per month, or $1 dollar to heat and cool a building of 220,700 cubic feet. This figures out to $.0001359 cent per cubic foot of air space. Interesting? It will work in any typical house. My systems has continued to operate for 25 years with NO changes or REPAIRS.

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