| Passive Solar has been around for some time. In the 1970's many homes where designed with this feature. Where so many people wanted to "try" it for their new homes it was not as cost effective back then as it is today. |
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A feasible Home Heating Option in Cold Areas - Passive Solar
Passive solar is a method of using solar energy to heat a house. It is tremendously popular because the knowledge is free once a passive solar home is formed.
Passive Solar can be used to heat a house in colder areas, but you have to go into it with reasonable expectations. Although the cold weather is an obstacle, the real question will be the length of time the sun beats down on your property. If your home obtains only four or five hours of straight sunlight a day, forget it. You will never produce enough energy to keep the house warm enough for long periods of time.
Passive solar design is very popular in the hot climate because it is more or less a free method to heat a house. The manipulation of the position of home and placement of large windows on the south wall is typical of strategies to address the issue. Obviously, large windows in a cold climate are being lead to significant loss of heat, regardless of the quality with which they are built. So what can you do?
There are two main approaches to create a...
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