[Strawbale] Free energy

[Shody Ryon]

--- Ilan Ungar <adrihalut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Opening the windows in winter to allow fresh air to
> circulate could dispense
> of the extra heat (?)
> I find it hard to imagine inside temperatures
> uncomfortably hot when the
> outdoor temps are around 10 degrees Celsius.


As I recall, someone with a thin shell insulated
monolithic dome with no purpose built heating system
turned on "cracked" a window open for comfort and
fresh air in front of his desk in winter with snow on
the ground in the St Louis MO area of the USA while
wearing a tee shirt. 

> Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe opening windows will cause a
> swing effect of sucking
> out all the heat from the heat storage, only to
> re-charge it within the next
> few days with the winter sun.

I don't think so

> But, if in fact an AC unit will heat a house at a
> cost lower than that of
> pumping water from the tank to the floor slab, then
> radiant heating, via
> solar panels, would definitely be an awkward
> choice...!

I some ways, but we all get to choose and we should
all me comfortable with what we do. There may be no
perfert system in every regard. Hopefully we can think
about our plans and refine them prior to building.
Some people are intereted in build like local people
did 100s and 1000s of years ago, with minimal
up=grades such as a wood stove.



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