passive solar

It’s a bitterly cold day outside.  The outside temperature is around 0°F, 20-30 mph winds, wind chill close to -30°F and I couldn’t feel toastier!  Oh how I love the passive solar effect!  Sunshine streaming in through the windows, a concrete floor soaking up the radiant heat, Read More

A number of you been curious about the thermal performance of Quadomated, so how about it, have we turned on the heat yet? Heck no!  So what have we noticed after living here over the past 6 months Passive solar really works! In the winter, when it’s cold outside, and the Read More

A lot of different ideas/themes/principles have gone into the designing of this house. Accessibility, open floor plan, passive solar, and universal design all floated through our heads as we worked on revision after revision. Hundreds of hours later we have arrived at a floor Read More