[Strawbale] [SB-r-us] re: Passive Heating

[Mark BP / Low Energy Design Ltd]

Robert Tom wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:24:02 -0500, Ilan Ungar <adrihalut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Israel (5-15 Degrees Celsius in the heating season)
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>>Sounds like this definitely rules out large areas of glass on the South
>>facade as these surfaces will drain all the houses heat overnight...?
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>Ilan;
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>I'm afraid that I don't know much about the climate of Israel other than ...<quite a lot snipped, most of it excellent advice>  
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>Ed Mazria's classic (ie 1979) "The Passive Solar Energy Book" was and  
>still is one of the best resources on the subject of passive solar design.  
>The information therein simply needs to be updated a bit to account for  
>Y2K+7 superinsulation and air-tight construction practises.
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Another reading/reference suggestion:  2 books which came out of the EU 
Commission back in the 90s:
 - Goulding, Lewis & Steemers,  Energy Conscious Design: a primer for 
architects,  Batsford, London:  ISBN 0 7134 6919 6
 - Goulding, Lewis & Steemers,  Energy in Architecture: the European 
passive solar handbook,  Batsford, London:  ISBN 0 7134 6918 8
May be no easier to find than Mazria by now, but worth looking.  The 
first is an introduction to the principles, the second goes into a lot 
more technical detail.
atb
Mark