RE: [papercreters] Hi Newbie to the group... some insights?

We use solar screens in the summer and take them off in the winter.  The initial investment in the screens isn’t cheap but it’s well worth it.  They do a very good job of blocking the sun from coming in the windows but don’t expect to see through them at night.  We also have deciduous trees (lose leaves in winter) that shade most of the south and west side of the house.  That’s what we use in the brutal heat of South—Central TX to help with the heat.  It seems like I read somewhere that a 2’ overhang on the south side of a house would be enough to shade the windows in the summer but be narrow enough to allow the winter sun in.  Since we only have about 2 weeks of real winter I don’t worry so much about heating but it makes sense.

 

Good luck!

Pat

 

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From: papercreters@yahoogroups.com [mailto:papercreters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of D Gardner

Has anyone thought that you could have a "thermal mass" next to the
south-facing windows? During the winter days, sunlight would come in
and heat the thermal mass, which would later release the heat into
the living area after the sunset. (The windows could be curtained
with insulating material after sunset to keep the radiated heat
within the dwelling.) If a solar-powered (of course) fountain was
placed against the inside-facing side of the thermal mass, during
the summer this could run a sheet of soothing water over the thermal
mass... the resulting evaporation would cause a cooling effect for
those hot summer days. Ah well.. just theorizing here.

Regards,
Dave Gardner (aka "EditorDave")

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