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What is Passive Solar, and How Can Passive Solar Be Included in Your New Home?
Green Homes Raleigh NC
What is Passive Solar? How Can Passive Solar Elements Be Included in Your New Home? A passive solar home can obtain some or even all of it's heating and cooling from the sun, using a variety of materials and construction concepts.
Does a Passive Solar home use solar panels? A Passive Solar home uses the windows, walls, and floor to collect heat in the winter and reject heat in the summer.  Solar photovoltaic power can be added, but is not required for a home to be defined as "passive solar". 
A Passive Solar home can be almost entirely heated by the sun, or can simply have south-facing windows that provide some fraction of the home's heat. 
What are the Five Basic Passive Solar Principles? 1. Orientation - Passive Solar Homes Just remember - it's warmer in the South.  Making sure a home is facing towards the south is very important in a passive solar design.  A passive solar home is also designed to be "longer", stretching from east to west, in order to take more advantage of the sun.
Garages, laundry rooms, and other "lower usage" rooms are often placed on the east or west side of ... more

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