Some photos of the near-finished product. We are still putting finishing touches, but have Certificate of Occupancy. YAY!
More photos below
Finish Photos
Category: Utilities
Efficient utility systems
Flush not Water not
Funny name – but we’re a family five. It turns out that we boys like to Pee on our standing.
Talk about a nerd – here in town, we flush the toilet about 20 times a day. This amounts to about 60+ gallons of water. Continue reading Flush not Water not
Yep – bigger is more efficient
It’s basic math.
Think about the ratio of surface area to volume. Take a 10 by 10 by 10 foot cube. It has 60 square feet of exterior surface, and 1000 cubic feet. In a house that surface leaks heat. Continue reading Yep – bigger is more efficient
On Toasty walls
Don’t you put radiant heat in the floor?
In my opinion – that’s a bad idea. Building code says if you put heat in the floor you have to insulate R10.
This forces you to thermally isolate the living space from the earth. Continue reading On Toasty walls
Pre-hot water
The thermal reservoir in the back has a circulator pump in an insulated channel to move free solar heated water around the house. Continue reading Pre-hot water
Gray water thermies
Waste water from the bathtub, shower & clothes washer comes out at better than 90 degrees.
The planter @ 500+ sq feet by 3.5 feet deep = 1750 cubic feet of wet thermal mass. Continue reading Gray water thermies
Too hot to trot – Super Solar Roof
Solar roof amplifies sun at least 160%. Continue reading Too hot to trot – Super Solar Roof
Solar Hot/Cold on Steroids
Exemplary Features :
- Large Scale Hot water
- Large scale refrigeration
- Solar oven driven from Roof
- Most solar used for refrigeration
- Waste heat from refrigeration is used