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ADVENTURES IN SOLAR LIVING

To learn more about solar design, solar homes, and solar living, read Walter Simpson's article in Solar Today (September/October 2003) about his own "accidental" solar home in Amherst, New York, which has the following features:
  • Passive solar space heating
  • Daylighting
  • Active solar hot water
  • Super-insulated retrofit (R-30 walls, R-50 attic)
  • R-7 super windows
  • Numerous conservation measures
  • Green power
Click here to see the pdf of the article.
Click here for the energy details handout



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