Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Mar 11, 2012 7:32 pm Hello every body.. i am planing to build a duplex in the Bankstown area and having trouble finding a good architecture to design the duplex for me, and most of the architecture i talk about doesn't have much knowledge on Passive solar design and what to use for solar desgin like earth Rhodes, heat recovery ventilation etc and other equipment you would use in a solar design house, i am very new to all this and have very little knowledge about what to use and what products is out there for solar use of the sun, Should i just draw up the plans with a normal architecture and take the plans to someone who knows about Passive solar design and get them to modified the plans ? has anyone on the forum design there house with a architecture that specialise in the passive solar design ? or has contact with anyone that can help me out with more advice and info. thanks Re: passive solar design architecture?? 2Mar 11, 2012 8:14 pm http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/index.html look up your location and see what others have done. Sanctuary magazine from newsagents could have some ads for architects you would consider. Depends if your neighbours' houses overshadow your window areas - you might not have enough solar energy available. Also see website for HRV. lots of homework ! Re: passive solar design architecture?? 3Mar 14, 2012 5:52 pm Mr Chook, Passive solar design starts at the design stage. Site orientation / aspect is your number one driving factor. Drawing up any old set of plans and 'retrospectively' applying solar passive principles is definately not the way to go. Try this link http://www.ecodirectory.com.au/index.ph ... rchitects/ Good luck with it, Pat 0 4986 I looked into it a few years ago and my conclusion was to just build a carport that will support panels and get a system installed separately. The company I looked at had… 1 6483 Once you know the basics, the rest is easy. Read my post in the thread linked below. viewtopic.php?p=1919271#p1919271 2 19520 |