In this lovely and innovative passive solar retrofit, an older adobe home transformed to become an efficient, modern house with a south facing sun room and a south facing two-story Trombe wall. It is also a grid-tied solar electric home that produces enough electricity to have paid for the solar photovoltaic (PV) system within...
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Because this house is located in Colorado, a state with over 300+ sunny days a year, the home owner is capitalizing on the sun’s relatively stable energy source and using it to provide both electricity and heat. The passive solar house boosts its efficiency with active solar photovoltaics (PV) to create electricity. While the house creates...
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A southern facing sun room is another method that can be used to integrate passive solar design into a structure. This sun room is located in the middle of the house and is optimally situated to internally warm the two story structure in the winter. The sunlight also adds a luminous effect to the...
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