Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Passive solar papercrete homes?

Thursday, June 11, 2009

[papercreters] Re: Passive solar papercrete homes?

Passive solar homes are built to capture heat from the sun during daylight hours and then releasing it back into the structure at night. This is the last thing you want to do in the summer. A properly built pc home would have thick walls with would provide great R value and keep the heat out of the house. This would work to your advantage in the winter as well, keeping the cold out of the house. I have lived in extremes of both cold and heat and the more insulation you have in the walls and ceiling the easier it is to heat and cool.

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Diana Bryan <dhbryan2001@...> wrote:
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> Summer heat and humidity are the big issues in East Texas. Want passive solar elements to warm house in winter (plus a woodstove), but will spend as many or more days cooling it, which is harder to do without some mechanical means.
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> Would love to find a house in a similar environment that we could drive to for a look-over. Any ideas?
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> Thanks!
> --- On Wed, 6/10/09, Vincent Pawlowski <pawlowski@...> wrote:
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> From: Vincent Pawlowski <pawlowski@...>
> Subject: [papercreters] Passive solar papercrete homes?
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:07 PM
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> Hi Diana,
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> I just finished two days of design work with Joyce Plath, also the
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> In the Texas hill country, check with Mason Greenstar
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> http://www.masongre enstar.com , I am not sure, but suspect that some of
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> How pure a passive solar design do you need in East Texas?
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> > Never thought of asking for solar info here, but the people who
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> > look at PC have all kinds of "out there" interests.
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> > Question -- anyone in E. Texas ever build a passive solar home?
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> > No one here seems to know anything about it.
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