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efficient: Energy Recovery Ventilators- Making Our HVAC Healthier and More Efficent - 08/13/08 03:46 PM
Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV) systems have become increasingly important in North America much due to the current drive to make buildings ‘green’, conserve energy, and enhance indoor air quality.
Heat Recovery Ventilators (HRV) and Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERV) are HVAC systems that exhaust stale indoor air and replace it with fresh air from outside. What makes these systems energy efficient is the fact that prior exhausting the indoor air, the indoor air’s hot or cold temperature (depending on the season) is used to heat or cool the inflowing outside air. The difference between HRVs and ERVs is that HRVs recover only … (0 comments)

efficient: Passive Solar Design- Logical layouts that can save you money - 07/10/08 07:24 PM
In building an ecological home, the materials and technologies utilized are very important in striving to be sustainable, however, the homes design is equally significant when it comes to making a home efficient. In the Inman news article, “More architects designing homes with sun in mind,” author Arrol Gellner discusses the benefits of using “passive solar design” in order to allow the suns natural lighting and heating capabilities to supersede the need to use BTUs.
When designing a home with passive solar layout, one must recognize exactly where and when the sun will enter the home throughout the course of the … (0 comments)

 

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