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kitchen design

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Have I stumbled onto a promising glazing idea?

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what is wrong with greenhouses?

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Passive air conditioning of a Maryland house: ideas and brainstorming

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How could we harness attic heat?

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ways to make better use of natural light

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Most effective ceiling fans?

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Wind towers

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Existing passive solar room gets too hot year-round

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My journey to find "the best" winter curtains

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Water wall with filled wine bottles instead of huge containers?

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Passive house using PV electricity for heating.

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How Many Operable Clerestories Does a Permie Even Need?

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House oriented North-South. How do I warm the northern bedrooms?

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Low budget air flow visualization

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Glass bottles with water floor for thermal storage?

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Best wall configuration for passive solar doghouse.

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'free' heating and cooling using PAHS

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800 sq/ft pasive solar house first experiment seeking advise.

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Solar Powered Clothes Dryer Building

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Adding thermal mass to “sun-tempered” home

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Home made Solar Dryer / Dehydrator not workie so good... Help!

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door design

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Zone 5b/6 passive solar greenhouse insulation advice

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Anyone live in a double envelope home?

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Living in a greenhouse/solarium

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Most stable year round greenhouse in 5b climate

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It's 111°f outside today (August 3, 2018) here in Southern france.

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modifications to an existing clerestory window

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First Passive Solar Project

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Best window material for passive solar heating

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mirrors for Passive solar...

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Passive Greenhouse

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radiant heat

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Bin Block Building

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In-floor hydronic heating experiences

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Window efficiency reconsidered

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Burying a House

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Passive solar as source for in-floor air-based heating?....

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solar dehydrator building plans

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Creating a large shaded area, affordably

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Thermal mass for cooling garage

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Front Porch Sunspace/Greenhouse Conversion

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Passive solar - French style!

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Home on slab... but with a small cellar accessed by trap door in the kitchen?

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Passive Solar, Radiant, High Ceilings....

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passive solar earth berm house. New build coming too soon

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Passive solar heated house in the high Himalayas

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Solar Fan

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Greenhouse within a greenhouse?

10 replies 1 2

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passive solar with hybrid and traditional/natural construction

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optic fibres transmitting sunlight to basements

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Polycarbonate for use heating thermal mass, will it work?

21 replies 1

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size of the window on a passive house

22 replies

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Florida conversion

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Getting cool air from basement into the house

22 replies 2

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Want to show you my house

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Window glass selection for southern exposure

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My solar dehydrator build

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Trombe Bench?

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