Category Archives: Energy efficiency

Heating System

Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 by admin

Three heating sources will be connected to a central thermal 360L store.  The idea behind the store is that it should stay topped up with solar hot water through most of the year, and then provide enough stored heat for … Continue reading →

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Generator exhaust expansion chamber

Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 by stephen

Hopefully this will attenuate the noise of the vegetable oil generator exhaust even more. The chamber itself will be buried up to the three exhaust holes. The blocks on top are to retain the soil that will cover the roof … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery units

Posted on Tuesday March 11th, 2008 by stephen

I’ve been undecided about whether to include an MVHR unit in the design or not. On the one hand, it’s an additional cost to the building (ducting and unit itself) and importantly it will be an extra energy load – … Continue reading →

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Passive houses in Spain

Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 by stephen

The passive-on project provides a number of case studies of passive houses (following the PassivHaus standard) built in Southern Europe and the UK. The examples from Italy and Spain are interesting for their mixture of both passive heating and cooling … Continue reading →

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