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Friday, October 24, 2008
Passive Solar Water Wall and Daylighting System
This system not only heats but provides very soft daylighting of my living room and dinning room.
This is the Same system we built for MIT's Solar Decathlon house. It is installed in Framingham MA and cuts about almost 20-25% off of my heating costs for my 1300 square foot home.
This system which is patented is made up of Aerogel as an external glazing insulation and water as a thermal mass.
Dan
Passive solar water wall
This is a passive solar wall system that I am designing and building. It works like a trombe wall but is see through. The thermal mass is made up of 4" deep water cells so that the water is heated by the sun and then distributes the heat to the home slowly.
The home shown is in Middleboro MA and will have The five walls shown as well as a geothermal heat pump for a total energy cost of around 750$ per year for heating and cooling.
Cheers
Dan
Update May 2009 the finished home can be seen by clicking here!
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