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…actuallynpeople have been building houses that utilize the power of the sunnfor millennia, paying attention to the climate and to where the sunnappears in the sky in winter and summer as they choose the positionnand materials for their home. Just one example is the native peoplesnof the Southwest of what is now the United States: they built adobenhouses that kept cool in the summer and retained heat in the winter. n
…actuallynpeople have been building houses that utilize the power of the sunnfor millennia, paying attention to the climate and to where the sunnappears in the sky in winter and summer as they choose the positionnand materials for their home. Just one example is the native peoplesnof the Southwest of what is now the United States: they built adobenhouses that kept cool in the summer and retained heat in the winter. nn
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nButnthe first modern house that had integrated solar heating andnradiation cooling is credited to Raymond W. Bliss. This house,nfinished on this date in 1955, used a large slanted slab of steel andnglass to capture heat from the sun. This heat was ducted into thenhouse. In the summer, the same ducts were used with fans to cool thenhouse. n
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nThenhouse is in Tucson, Arizona, and it only cost $4,000 for materialsnand labor!
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nNowadays…
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Therenis a lot of information on “green” home designs that utilizengeothermal or solar power and passive heating and cooling. You cannfind a sample here and here and here—but therenare so many links on Google that you could spend all day just samplingnthem!
Therenis a lot of information on “green” home designs that utilizengeothermal or solar power and passive heating and cooling. You cannfind a sample here and here and here—but therenare so many links on Google that you could spend all day just samplingnthem! n
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nButna word of warning: these houses cost a fair bit more than $4000 innmaterials and labor.
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nLearnnsome more…
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nInfound this video to be very helpful in explaining passivenheating and cooling. n
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nDTE Energy has some kid-friendly info on solar energy and passivenheating and cooling.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversary of haberdasher history being made (?)
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Anniversarynof the coronation of Elizabeth I
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nFiestandel Nino Perdido in Peru
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