Browse Forums Building A New House Re: solar design principles 2Feb 03, 2014 3:29 pm thanks for the info, will check it out. some additional resources I discovered was http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs45.html http://www.aprbuildingservices.com.au/F ... alCh05.pdf Re: solar design principles 3Feb 03, 2014 5:20 pm thydzik what other solar design principles can I use to make up for the negative impact of south facing alfresco and living? If you are talking how to meet requirements I'd leave it to the builder to calculate. If you are talking how to make the house comfortably efficient for you we could use more details, like where are you because what's most useful can vary depending on climate, and if you can post a plan that would be good. Can you not flip the plan? 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 6481 Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13830 Once you know the basics, the rest is easy. Read my post in the thread linked below. viewtopic.php?p=1919271#p1919271 2 19515 |