[Greenbuilding] Attenuating the sun shining through corrugated fiberglass

[sanjay jain]

Nick, this is probably not suitable for you, but a different approach would be to capture the heat for later use (not sure if that's even relevant in NM)
 
 David Delporto of "Ecological Engineering" has a solar greenhouse in his house, a few years ago he tried venting the hot air to his basement, the heat transfer worked really well, but the warm moist air caused mold to grow. 
 
 We talked about using water pipes to transfer the heat rather than send the air directly, but I don't think he experimented with that...
 
 ~sanjay

Nick <n23n at comcast.net> wrote: I have an entryway that the previous owner made a nice wood frame and 
covered with corrugated fiberglass--sort of tiny greenhouse.  
Unfortunately in NM it gets far too hot in the summer.  What I would 
love is to find out that there is some sort of paint-on/spray-on coating 
that would act like a shade cloth and not look terribly mottled.  Shade 
cloth itself is not an answer.

If anyone knows of something or has a great idea it would be much appreciated.


Nick

       
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