Zero Energy Design® abundant, clean, free-fuel, passive solar energy can easily eliminate the need to burn expensive dirty fossil fuels to heat air and water in most populated locations. The lowest-cost way to get started is Passive Solar Design - All it needs is well-designed, properly-oriented glass. Two our our key Zero Energy Design® concepts are: (1) Isolated Solar Gain in a greenhouse / solarium, and (2) Our unique Thermal Buffer Zone, which uses free natural convection air flow to move warm air from the sunny greenhouse to the cold opposite side of the building. By Larry Hartweg ZEDmaster@ZeroEnergyDesign.com See more details on our ZeroEnergyDesign and PassiveSolarInfo websites.

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Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar house design to save over 80% of your home's heating and cooling bills. You will learn what you need to do to take advantage of the clean, free heating and cooling from the sun, and to lessen your dependence on volatile dirty energy sources. You will know the green building design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. Video Part 1 of 6: an overview of passive solar design Introduction to sustainable design including an off-the-grid house in the Rocky Mountains. Topics of this video series include the three different passive solar systems, proper building orientation, area and types of glass, solar shading, thermal mass, ventilation, room arrangement, daylighting, and other important sustainable building strategies. You will know the green home design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. You may view this video series in its entirety at a higher resolution at www.doerr.org A DVD with higher-resolution video of all the videos of this Passive Solar Simplified series plus some bonus material may be purchased at www.doerr.org www.BuildSustainably.com **

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Passive solar design dates back over 2 and a half millennia to the ancient Greeks and Chinese; it not only predates modern HVAC systems, but also modern materials. So it makes sense that earth-built homes would play well with passive solar techniques. In this video, natural building expert Michael G. Smith shows us how they use straw bale to insulate northern walls and cob as a thermal mass on southern surfaces.

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This is a video of the Passive Solar Heating System in use at www.envirosponsible.com in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. It provides a great deal of heat, and the installer, Chris, will be making it more effecient by adding a second computer fan to push the warm air at the top, painting the inside better and taping the duct work. Also, the duct work will be directed into the office where the door can be closed and used in a smaller air mass. This kind of heater is ideal for urban survival and bugging in, since it requires no power input and is cheap and easy to make. It's not just for strawbale, cob, cabins, cottages, earth ships or businesses. They can be installed on a home, and they look great when done right. Ragnar Benson would be proud. Visit our site at envirosponsible.com or call us at 905-666-2002.

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A passive solar dream house in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. "Until you live in a glass house I don't think you notice as much how the sun moves," explains homeowner Cliff Butler. "We see it move daily."

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When I saw the Sundolier, passive solar light at my local library I was compelled to make a video about it. Here it is: Douglas County Libraries and Sundolier team-up to bring natural daylight in to the library with the latest technology. Whether it's bringing natural daylight in to a room or providing a sparkling book to a bright child, Douglas County Libraries are another example of our community working together for a sustainable future.

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Learn more about Dan Chiras here: www.ecospeakers.com Author and green building speaker, Dan Chiras provides a concise explanation of the importance of orienting a building properly relative to the sun for heat during the winter and cooling in the summer. Chiras has written more than 240 articles and 21 books. His most recent books are "The New Ecological Home: Complete Guide to Green Building Options" (Chelsea Green Publishing), and "EcoKids: Raising Children Who Care for the Earth" (New Society Publishers). More energy sources and uses related speakers here: www.ecospeakers.com

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Architect Alan Cohen's dream house is efficient with space; he packs he packs 4000 square feet of multi-use building- office (1050 sq ft), home (1730 sq ft), art studio for his wife and garage- onto a 3750 square foot lot. It's also very energy efficient; Cohen uses passive solar for heating and cooling his home, complete with industrial fans, venting windows, well-designed holes in the floor (between floors) for air flow and first floor concrete floors for thermal storage. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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When Jenine Alexander and Amy Hutto set out to build an efficient, near zero energy home, they opted for small: to be exact, 128 square feet. To get around minimum size standards, they put it on wheels. They used as much salvaged material as possible. The result: a tiny mobile home with passive solar design, bamboo flooring, reclaimed pine ceilings, denim-cotton insulation, reclaimed granite countertops and salvaged (but new) high energy efficiency doors and windows. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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Video Part 2 of 6: Direct gain passive solar systems Includes a net-zero energy (NZE) home Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar home design to save over 80% of your home's heating and cooling bills. You will learn what you need to do to take advantage of the clean, free heating and cooling from the sun, and to lessen your dependence on volatile dirty energy sources. You will know the energy efficient home design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. You may view this video in its entirety at a higher resolution at www.doerr.org A DVD with higher-resolution video of all the videos of this Passive Solar Simplified series plus some bonus material may be purchased at www.doerr.org www.BuildSustainably.com *

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Basic solar science can be used to keep your home cool without electric bills. Zero Energy Design® has been doing it for decades. By Larry Hartweg ZEDmaster@ZeroEnergyDesign.com

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This is a video of the panels I will be using at the UF biodiesel plant. The solar panel arrays in the Solar Energy Park use a passive tracking system which allows for the panels to increase efficiency about 20%. Eric Layton, part of the UF Biodiesel plant, used the solar panels to help power the facility.

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Have you ever wondered how passive solar heating worked? Here's a one and a half minute explanation using a house built by builder Dean Koski of Loveland, Colorado, in 1986f. Dean took an idea from artistic/ecological building designer Lee Porter Butler and proceeded to build this "Double Envelope" house, incorporating a passive heat distribution system complete with 36 separate window/skylight panes facing exactly 170 degrees southeast. The home gets it name from a "house within a house." Thermal energy from the sun is captured in the southeast facing solarium (Pictured above). The warm air is then passively circulated by a natural convection flow loop in the cavity surrounding the interior structure. Warm air (less dense) rises from the solarium into the attic, then cooling (more dense) and falling down the north/backside wall of the home creating a pressure differential that keeps the air moving and circulating without a forced convection system (furnace). In the summer, strategically placed shade trees deflect direct solar gain and residual accumulated hot air is exhausted through opened skylights and large panel roof venting at the top front of the home. In the winter, with the windows and vents closed, air in the circular loop travels through the attic, down the north wall, into the over-sized crawlspace and is buffered by ambient-temperature earth returning via an open slatted floor to the solarium. Solar design experts generally agree this type of thermal-envelope <b>...</b>

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For more, visit planetgreen.discovery.com This modern home near Auckland, New Zealand uses passive solar power and has it's own water treatment system.

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A visual description of passive solar design of the OHOME. Sun penetrates during the heating season, but is rejected during the cooling season, optimizing passive solar heating and cooling.

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Solar Sultan Kevin Bell shows how he retrofitted his home with a Trombe wall made with 100% reused material to heat his house in the winter. Good bye heating bill!

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Video Part 3 of 6: Indirect and isolated gain passive solar systems Includes sections on a thermal storage wall (trombe), thermosiphon and a historic home with a sunspace. Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar home design to save over 80% of your home's heating and cooling bills. You will learn what you need to do to take advantage of the clean, free heating and cooling from the sun, and to lessen your dependence on volatile dirty energy sources. You will know the sustainable design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. You may view this video series in its entirety at a higher resolution at www.doerr.org A DVD with higher-resolution video of all the videos of this Passive Solar Simplified series plus some bonus material may be purchased at www.doerr.org www.BuildSustainably.com *

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A guided tour that explains how we use the sun to heat our house and make it more enjoyable living space.

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Video part 4 of 6. Topics include proper building orientation, solar shading and thermal mass. Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar home design to save over 80% of your home's heating and cooling bills. You will learn what you need to do to take advantage of the clean, free heating and cooling from the sun, and to lessen your dependence on volatile dirty energy sources. You will know the green design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. You may view this video series in its entirety at a higher resolution at www.doerr.org A DVD with higher-resolution video of all the videos of this Passive Solar Simplified series plus some bonus material may be purchased at www.doerr.org www.BuildSustainably.com *

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There was a great debate on how solr heating panels work or even if they work at all. I am here to tell you.... they do!

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Video part 5 of 6. Topics include glass type, ventilation, room arrangement, daylighting and other important green building strategies. Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar house design to save over 80% of your home's heating and cooling bills. You will learn what you need to do to take advantage of the clean, free heating and cooling from the sun, and to lessen your dependence on volatile dirty energy sources. You will know the energy efficient home design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. You may view this video series in its entirety at a higher resolution at www.doerr.org A DVD with higher-resolution video of all the videos of this Passive Solar Simplified series plus some bonus material may be purchased at www.doerr.org www.BuildSustainably.com *

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Earth Current TV visits founder and CEO of Aboriginal Living Skills School. Cody Lundin On part 1 we visit Cody and his alternative sustainable solar efficient house. Make sure and watch Discovery Channel Friday nights Dual Survival follows Dave Canterbury Cody Lundin as they are dropped into scenarios that could happen to anyone: marooned sailors, lost hikers, trapped. dsc.discovery.com 2005 shoot of survival instructor Cody Lundin's self-designed, passive solar earth home in the remote high desert of Arizona.

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These windows capture and store the solar thermal energy within the clear mass in the window. They also have integrated exterior shades to block the energy when it's not needed or wanted.

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Passive solar house in Saratoga (San Jose, Bay Area) designed by Hari Sripadanna, AIA, LEED AP. The home has achieved a LEED Gold rating and truly stands as a model for sustainability in the community. The home is incredibly energy efficient with its main heating element being nothing but the sun in the sky. You can read Haris comments and see house design plans at SanJoseGreenHome.com

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Learn how you can save 35% on your heating bills with SolarChoice Heaters. The newest passive solar heaters available - disguised as window blinds.

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This is a video about my second generation pop can solar heater. It is an active solar heater because the 24 volt dc fan is pushing the air through the heating unit. The fan is powered by a 5 watt solar panel. The absorber panel is pop cans painted flat black. Free heat from the sun. I can build and ship you a unit to your specs.

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Open house for the prefab green home - passive solar, built with SIPs, the house kit kept us cozy despite the cold weather outside and we haven't even installed systems yet! See more: www.greenmodernkits.com

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Zero Energy Design® coined the term "Thermal Buffer Zone" in the materials about our first ZED home in 1979. It is the extremely efficient concept that two small temperature differentials result in lower undesirable heat transfer than one large exterior envelope temperature differential. Since 1979, "TBZ" has appeared in popular architecture literature many times, but most Architects(R) still do not understand how to use it cost effectively in a zero energy building. This narrated video shows a beautiful, open, efficient, abundant-daylight floor plan, and how our refined Double Shell Thermal Buffer Zone transfers solar gain from the sunny side of the home, to the cold side of a Zero Energy Design building with NO electricity. We also describe summer Energy Recovery Ventilation solar cooling, and how we hide all solar panels and satelite dishes from view on all sides. By Larry Hartweg Zero Energy Design® "Abundant Energy Man" ZEDmaster@ZeroEnergyDesign.com

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This video shows how well an energy efficient home can work with nothing but the suns energy. No heat is installed and the house has not dropped below freezing, even when the temps went down to -4.5F and no sun the house only went down to 41.9F

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Video Part 6 of 6: a passive solar home addition and remodel case study in Denver, Colorado Architect Thomas Doerr shows just what you need to know about passive solar home design to save over 80% of your home's heating and cooling bills. You will learn what you need to do to take advantage of the clean, free heating and cooling from the sun, and to lessen your dependence on volatile dirty energy sources. You will know the sustainable design strategies that save money, your health and hopefully the planet. You may view this video in its entirety at a higher resolution at www.doerr.org AA DVD with higher-resolution video of all the videos of this Passive Solar Simplified series plus some bonus material may be purchased at www.doerr.org www.BuildSustainably.com **

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