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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 73481" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Home building/living suggestions wanted.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I worked on a house plan where one end of the attic-top level was a working green-house, In the summer this would absorb the sunlight for good use, in the winter it would serve as passive solar collection. Perhaps not very practical, and knowing me, I wouldn't deal well with the maintenance required from anything more than growing a hydroponic garden. maybe not even that. I've seem discussion of inner city high rise buildings with grass planted on top of the roof as a thermal barrier and passive solar system. (Who mows the roof?)</p><p></p><p>I have posted, only half in jest, that congress could pass a law that we all paint our roofs white in the summer and black in the winter to save energy... Seriously I suspect in some not so distant future, but not soon, we will have roofing materials that resemble solar cells that literally connect and stack in series parallel like batteries. Maybe even water cooled, to generate hot water and electricity, where practical. That and better insulation could reduce energy usage a bunch. </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 73481, member: 126"] Re: Home building/living suggestions wanted. I worked on a house plan where one end of the attic-top level was a working green-house, In the summer this would absorb the sunlight for good use, in the winter it would serve as passive solar collection. Perhaps not very practical, and knowing me, I wouldn't deal well with the maintenance required from anything more than growing a hydroponic garden. maybe not even that. I've seem discussion of inner city high rise buildings with grass planted on top of the roof as a thermal barrier and passive solar system. (Who mows the roof?) I have posted, only half in jest, that congress could pass a law that we all paint our roofs white in the summer and black in the winter to save energy... Seriously I suspect in some not so distant future, but not soon, we will have roofing materials that resemble solar cells that literally connect and stack in series parallel like batteries. Maybe even water cooled, to generate hot water and electricity, where practical. That and better insulation could reduce energy usage a bunch. JR [/QUOTE]
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