Passive Solar Siding

Also known as a sunroom solar room or solarium a sunspace can be included in a new home design or added to an existing home.

Passive solar siding. Long time environmentalists the aamodts wanted their next home to be comprehensively green. May 27 2020 explore russell crosby s board passive solar house design on pinterest. The key to this is to keep the heat in that is gained during the day and to keep the cold at night out. The proper insulation and glazing and adding ways to capture and hold onto solar energy will yield a passive solar greenhouse that doesn t cost too much more to build compared to a traditional greenhouse.

The definition for a passive solar greenhouse is a greenhouse that doesn t need to be heated. Low voc and net positive energy with formaldehyde free materials fsc certified lumber and solar electricity and hot water. Super insulated wall assembly in kit form. See more ideas about solar house passive solar house design.

As an additional note light colored walls extend the life of siding especially on the sides that face the sun south east and west. Get builder news in your inbox every day. The engineered wood siding has a 25 year warranty but it should protect the house for decades. Log in or register.

To promote thermal comfort and energy conservation you reduce the need for fossil fuel burning mechanical heating cooling and ventilation systems. Dark colored homes absorb more heat from the sun thus increasing the amount of passive warmth transferred to the interior in winter. The engineered wood siding has a 25 year warranty but it should protect the house for decades. This is a traditional method used throughout the world to cost effectively increase comfort.

The porch like the house is built with pre. Funnily enough roof color has little effect on heat absorption. The exterior is clad in james hardie board cement siding and painted. This is the solar heated floor slab on grade foundation form kit being assembled for this leed passive house ready prefab kit home see many more sustainable home building tips guide videos for leed zero energy passive house on the ecohome youtube channel here.

But the passive house standard was only the beginning of what made this project so unique. It wasn t cost effective for them to build a certified fully passive house the couple made decisions that would leave. Photo by gary aamodt.