As I discussed in last week’s column ("Resilience: Dramatically Better Building Envelopes," Jan. 4), a resilient home is extremely well-insulated, so that it can be kept warm with very little ...

Passive solar heating can greatly reduce home energy costs. Discover how a net-zero home is possible when users combine their solar resources.

Corrugated metal roofing is a good choice for a passive solar house because it deflects much of the sun’s radiant energy while also reducing the heat transferred to the roof surface below.

A closed-loop pressurized system is similar in design to the closed-loop hydronic heating systems that most heating contractors know. The solar panels were mounted on the roof. A heat exchanger and ...

The Future of Passive Solar Design. Can this design principle of the ’70s make a comeback, ... Calculate the roof overhang to shade south-facing windows in summer but to let in the sun’s heat during ...

PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN STRATEGIES 1. Super-insulated angled metal roof can support photovoltaic panels, which convert sunlight into electricity. 2. South-facing skylights allow wintertime sunlight (and ...

Passive solar architecture is a design strategy that optimizes a building’s ... store and release solar heat over a 24 ... Solar chimneys gather rising warm air and vent it through a roof, ...

We can sometimes use the sun’s energy directly, like when we design homes to take advantage of passive solar heat. But when we want to use it for technology, we need ways to convert the sun’s ...

FILE - Employees of NY State Solar, a residential and commercial photovoltaic systems company, install an array of solar ...