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re: solar house design?
9 sep 2001
john canivan wrote:
>two reasons that solar housing designs are so slow to catch on are:
>1. appearance
>2. cost
i'd say (1) matters more than (2).
>i'm interested in an attractive solar house design with at least 4,000 sq ft
>of living space. this house should be 100% energy efficient. i want to be
>independent from the grid and all forms of fossil fuels. a small wood stove
>as a back up would only be used in emergencies. i would require a 2kwatt pv
>power supply system and an solar water heating system capable of supplying
>all of my hot water need and at least 80% of my heating needs. my wife has
>also requested a 500 sq foot indoor swimming pool. what do you think? how
>much do you think it would cost to design and build such an animal?
about $20/ft^2 as a 32' cube with sips on structural steel. put the pool
in the ground with a licl pool under a transparent solar still roof and
use them for heating and cooling.
nick
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