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Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
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Troy Rhodes wrote:Thermal mass only helps you if you have a surplus of heat (from fire, or sun) to start with.
My project thread
Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
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My project thread
Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
Permaculture Playground Site FREE available at or agricultural and residential based Community Land Trust! Accepting Proposals! ayurtdweller@gmail.com
My project thread
Agriculture collects solar energy two-dimensionally; but silviculture collects it three dimensionally.
Paramount Natural Design-Build Architect, Engineering Services, GC, LLC.
Paramount Natural Design-Build Architect, Engineering Services, GC, LLC.
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Shasha Cornet wrote:There is a passive solar house mentioned in a book called "Cheapskates Passive Solar Home Design for DIY Straw Bale or Green Building" on Amazon that is 90% energy efficient located in Colorado that works even at -40 degrees.
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
Ben Zumeta wrote:It seems to me micro-hydro, even that which is primarily connected to large roof catchment, might have more potential in wet, cloudy climates. At the least it would be complementary to solar.
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
Ben Zumeta wrote:I should have specified I meant like warehouse sized roof catchments, or even box stores and their parking lots. But that still has obvious hurdles.
Troy Rhodes wrote:
Ben Zumeta wrote:I should have specified I meant like warehouse sized roof catchments, or even box stores and their parking lots. But that still has obvious hurdles.
That doesn't actually change the outcome of the math. The roof is 100 times bigger, and the conditioned space that needs the heat or cold or whatever....is 100 times bigger.
This is all just my opinion based on a flawed memory
Ben Zumeta wrote:Good point, and all my rambling aside, I am buildplanning to build a passive solar greenhouse in a cloudy climate and no such plan to do any hydro, so I should just stay on topic
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