[Greenbuilding] Solar in Austin area

[Janet L. Hobbs]

Ian (or Leslie), 

There is a new rebate announced for photovoltaics in Austin if you want to
take it one step further...

My office is awfully busy right now, but if I can't get to it quickly enough
I may be able to help you get connected up with some folks who care about
that sort of thing here in the Austin area.   If I may help, let me know.
Feel free to write me privately and I'll see if I can help.

Janet-just-west-of-austin

H O B B S '   I N K
Janet L. Hobbs, AIBD
1200 Lakeway Drive, Suite 4
Lakeway, TX   78734
Phone:  	512-261-6226
Fax:		512 261 0007
Web:		www.hobbsink.com
e-mail:		janethobbs at hobbsink.com



Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Passive solar in hot, humid climate (Leslie Moyer)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:59:28 -0600
From: Leslie Moyer <Unschooler at atlasok.com>
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Passive solar in hot, humid climate
To: Ian Remmler <ian at remmler.org>,  GREENBUILDING at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG
Message-ID: <454F7800.6020501 at atlasok.com>
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Ian Remmler wrote:
> I'm planning to build a house in the Austin, Texas area, and I want to 
> incorporate passive solar heating and cooling into the design.

Ian, I sent this to the list a couple months ago--maybe it might help?  
I don't know that it complete answers your questions, but could be a tool to
assist in your decision:

*Overhangs and Shading*

A properly designed passive solar home keeps out the sun in the middle of
summer. For a graphic representation of the shade patterns that a south
overhang will make on your south wall today (or any other day), check out
the animation on this web site:
http://www.susdesign.com/overhang/index.php

If you need your latitude, google it or use this website:
http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html








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