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Passive and Active Solar Retrofit on a Traditional Adobe

February 3, 2013
The two story addition has a Trombe wall built on the eastern south facing side of the house.

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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Posted in 2501 - 4500 Sq feet, Active Solar, Residential, Retrofit, Sun Room, Trombe Wall | 2 Comments »

The Icarus Sundial and Other Sundials

August 1, 2012
The Icarus Sundial in Albuquerque

Since humans have roamed the earth, the sun has been used to indicate the passage of time.   On a simplistic level, as the seasons changed, people would look up at the sky to gauge how much daylight was left before the sun set.  On a more complex level, sundials allowed for a more precise...
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Posted in Info, Movement of the Sun | No Comments »

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