Wednesday, June 10, 2009

RE: [papercreters] Passive solar papercrete homes?



A well insulated house with good roof overhangs to keep sun out in hot weather should stay cool most of the time. I grew up in NJ where it gets super hot and sticky in the summer. We closed up all the windows and doors in the morning and kept them shut all day. At night we opened everything up and turned on the attic fan. We had no AC and I don't think we were uncomfortable at night, well maybe a couple of times but not enough to warrant an entire AC system.

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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: dhbryan2001@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:45:29 -0700
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Passive solar papercrete homes?



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.

Would love to find a house in a similar environment that we could drive to for a look-over.  Any ideas?

Thanks!
--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Vincent Pawlowski <pawlowski@ultrasw.com> wrote:

From: Vincent Pawlowski <pawlowski@ultrasw.com>
Subject: [papercreters] Passive solar papercrete homes?
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:07 PM

Hi Diana,

I just finished two days of design work with Joyce Plath, also the
architect for Barry Fuller's Papercrete Palace One/Plath Manor,
http://www.livingin paper.com . We are designing an integrated passive
solar home for me in Tucson.

In the Texas hill country, check with Mason Greenstar
http://www.masongre enstar.com , I am not sure, but suspect that some of
their homes have at least some passive solar elements.

Many of the papercrete homes that I have seen integrate some passive
solar elements, although they may include auxiliary heat sources.

How pure a passive solar design do you need in East Texas?

Thanks,

Vince

> Diana Bryan wrote:
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>
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> Never thought of asking for solar info here, but the people who
> look at PC have all kinds of "out there" interests.
>
> Question -- anyone in E. Texas ever build a passive solar home?
> No one here seems to know anything about it.





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