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If you’re someone who’s been looking for ways to make your home more energy efficient, you might have already taken certain steps such as installing a programmable thermostat, purchasing energy efficient appliances and adding a low flow shower head. But did you know that based on the layout of your house along with its climate and the materials that were used to build it, you may already been living in what is known as a “passive solar home”?
Whether you already have the kind of house design that fits the bill or you’d like to do a few things to make it qualify for being a passive solar one, we wanted to provide a few design strategies that can help you know what you might already have or may need to be done below.
Conduct a home energy audit. Before you can know, for sure, if your home is a passive solar one or not, the first thing that you should do is conduct a home energy audit. That is a basically a thorough inspection of your house that will let you know the areas that are energy efficient and the ones that aren’t. Although you could hire a professional to come and do the audit for you, there are also websites that will show you how to do one yourself. Energy.gov is one of them (just go to the site and put “DIY energy audit” in the search field).
Check the positioning of your windows. One thing that a passive solar home has is windows that face within 30 degrees of the South so that it can collect just as much solar energy as possible. Also, the structure itself is positioned in such a way that it is not covered by the shadow of the homes or buildings around it during peak daylight hours.
Know what thermal mass materials it is made out of. A house that is made of thermal mass materials is a home that uses brick, concrete, tile and/or stone in order to absorb heat from the sun during the summer and absorb heat from the interior of the home during the winter season. Take note that if your house is already well-insulated that the drywall and home furnishings, that you may have already compensated quite well if you are lacking some of these materials.
Be willing to make a couple of extra additions. There are some things that you can add to your home to make it more of a passive solar one. Some of these things include installing some roof overhangs (in order to provide shade to your windows during the summer), insulated shutters, awnings, operable vents and electronic sensing devices. You can learn more about some of these options by visiting the Industrial Control Directwebsite.
Look at the horizon. Finally, if you’re planning to build a passive solar home from the ground up, you should look for land that has an unobstructed view of the sun’s horizon. For instance, if there are a lot of newly planted trees, remember that they soon will become bigger and if it’s in a neighborhood where more homes are going to be built, check to see how close they are going to be to your home. Little steps like these will either get you just one step further to getting the passive solar house that you want or it will reveal to you that you need to look elsewhere. For more information on passive solar homes, visit Energy.gov and put “passive solar home design” in the search field.
photo by:
Dept of Energy Solar Decathlon