Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Passive solar design - blend traditional & contemporary? 4Sep 13, 2009 5:57 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Passive solar design - blend traditional & contemporary? 6Sep 13, 2009 7:13 pm Hi Indi, You definately need to use a specialist designer as the principles are very fine and if not properly understood the results can be very ineffective or overpowering of the house, ie too hot or cold. PM me if you like and I can provide you with some guidelines as I provide online and phone based consulting services in this area of building, and I'm familiar with hot and cold hills area such as the ranges. As once_Artisan said, you'll need to capture warmth in winter and block it in summer, but depending on your blocks orientation the actual design needs to take into hills valleys, big trees etc to get the right combinations for it to be effective. traditional gable roof facade - Have you did the dark and light gray color combination in facade with gray stone in facade… 0 4488 0 5127 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 6632 |