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Heat your house with solar thermal (hot water) collectors. You can buy them, I made my own. 1 square foot of collector heats 1 1/2 U.S. gallons of water 40 degrees farenheit in Pennsylvania, USA in winter. The more collectors you put up the more water volume you can heat. Most people use one of these collectors for domestic hot water, showers, etc. I used mine to heat my house. Of course insulate well first, then see if you can use this. You’ll need to add radiant floor heat system to get heat out of tank.
It all cost about $2,000 in materials, 3 x 4′ x 10′ collectors, tank, fittings, pipe, differential thermostat, pump, insulation, collector box, etc. tonyfixit.
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http://www.sulltek.com This is a video of the Passive Solar Heating System in use at http://www.envirosponsible.com in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
It provides a great deal of heat, and the installer, Chris, will be making it more effecient by adding a second computer fan to push the warm air at the top, painting the inside better and taping the duct work. Also, the duct work will be directed into the office where the door can be closed and used in a smaller air mass.
This kind of heater is ideal for urban survival and bugging in, since it requires no power input and is cheap and easy to make. It’s not just for strawbale, cob, cabins, cottages, earth ships or businesses. They can be installed on a home, and they look great when done right. Ragnar Benson would be proud.
Visit our site at envirosponsible.com or call us at 905-666-2002.
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Description and close up video of Solatube Daylighting Systems installed by EnergyWise in Oklahoma City. Home is small but daylighting makes big difference in the dark spaces.
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This video can be downloaded here: http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/grameen Grameen Shakti won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2006. To find out more visit the link above and check out the Ashden Awards Blog http://ashdenawards.blogspot.com
Grameen Shakti has sold and installed over 65,000 solar home-systems (SHS) in rural Bangladesh, and brought major benefits to its users. Nearly 70% of households in Bangladesh are not connected to the electricity grid and depend on kerosene for lighting. This includes most rural areas and extends as far as the fringes of Dhaka. There are plans to extend the grid, but there is little prospect of substantial change in the foreseeable future.
By selling SHS, Grameen Shakti has provided lighting, communications (especially mobile phone charging) and TV, and has increased employment opportunities. It is the largest single installer of SHS in Bangladesh.
This impressive number of installations has been achieved by enabling users to purchase their systems on micro-credit with affordable terms, tailored to their specific needs. Funding for the micro-credit system comes from the World Bank and GEF via the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) which provides Grameen Shakti with both subsidy and concessional loans. The cash pool from credit repayments will enable Grameen Shakti to continue the scheme when the subsidy, which is being phased out, ceases in 2008.
Grameen Shakti has also started a network of technology centres throughout the country to manage the installation and maintenance of SHS locally. It emphasises the importance of technicians who know local customs working through local branches, and has trained 2,000 (mainly female) technicians. It aims to install 100,000 systems by 2006 and sees the potential to install one million systems by 2015.
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Gal. steel & glass heater saves fuel.
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HousePortInchttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/houseportincTechHouse Port, Pop Up House, Hally Thacher, prefab home, modular home, sustainable home, solar, green building, green development, eco-living, smart house, green rating, green design, green living, eco-friendly housing, SIP, structural insulated panelHome Green Home – Webisode 8: We All Made It Happen!
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How home solar panels work — a video from BP
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Dr. Al Compaan, chair of the UT Department of Physics & Astronomy shows off his solar-powered home and battery-powered truck. Compaan paid $20 for electric last year and hasn’t bought gas in years.
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HousePortInchttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/houseportincTechHouse Port, Pop Up House, Hally Thacher, prefab home, modular home, sustainable home, solar, green building, green development, eco-living, smart house, green rating, green design, green living, eco-friendly housing, SIP, structural insulated panelHome Green Home – Webisode 4: Who Knows How It Will Turn Out?
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