Passive Solar
Where Mother Nature & Home Building Meet
Some approaches to think about here are solar heating, day-lighting, natural ventilation, ground-coupled cooling, and thermal mass utilization. Denser thermal mass materials are more effective at storing & releasing heat and dark colors absorb the most solar energy.
The use of low-emissivity (low-e) glass will improve the performance of almost any home.
In the classic passive solar home design access to sunlight typically leads to a design that is elongated in the east-west direction with as many rooms as possible facing south.
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