This passive solar home with conventional wood framing was designed and built by the owner, Justin van Wart, with design & construction management assistance by Paul Shippee. The 11 PV (solar electric) panels on the roof provide 4 Kw of power in a grid-tie system (no batteries). Other main features are an attached solar greenhouse, …
Multi-tech conventional wood-frame solar home, designed and built by owner Susan Reycroft, features grid-tied photovoltaic (solar electric) panels, passive solar windows, solar thermal collectors for domestic hot water and space heating, and an attached solar greenhouse with a fan-driven “climate battery” to store excess heat and moisture under the earth floor for winter nighttime recovery.
Off-grid Solar home designed and built by Architect-owner, Burt Wadman, featuring innovative passive solar architecture, solar thermal collectors (hidden on roof) for domestic hot water. See solar electric (photovoltaic) panels ground-mounted to the right of the house. Batteries are in the basement. See this off-grid solar home on the Home Tour, Saturday morning, August 17, …
Passive solar home designed and built by Paul Shippee features rammed earth walls, straw bale walls on second floor, seven solar thermal panels on the roof for domestic hot water and radiant floor space heating, interior rammed earth walls for thermal mass heat storage and temperature modulation. See this house on the Solar Home Tour, …
Rooftop Solar! -Off-grid Solar home designed and built by Ed Sbabaro featuring passive solar architecture, solar thermal collectors for radiant floor heating and domestic hot water, AND solar electric (photovoltaic) panels -all on the roof. See this off-grid solar home on the Home Tour, Saturday morning, August 17, 2019.
