Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Passive Solar Design in Sydney 6Feb 14, 2015 8:49 pm I think you should pay attention to passive solar heating, but rather try to integrate into your design Trombe walls, or other principles of indirect heating using natural convection air to their advantage! interesting and useful information I found on this site Code: http://mydome.in.ua/tromb-wall http://mydome.in.ua/tromb-wall , but alas it is in Russian, but it will not be difficult for online translation Re: Passive Solar Design in Sydney 8Mar 01, 2016 4:53 am Stewie D Quote: I believe for Sydney's latitude 900mm is the optimal eave width, for due N orientation, but don't quote me on it. Close but no cigar. It is more to do with your sill height and whether it is a window or door. 400-450mm is better for eaves overhangs for standard 2400mm high walls but as you say adjustable awnings etc are the way to go. Because the OP is in Sydney when they lodge the DA they will have to have some sort of shading device etc as part of complying with a Basix Certificate or upgraded glass and frames for doors and windows. I've posted a sketch well into that thread that shows you the suns angles for mid-winter and mid-summer. Stewie Thanks for the correction Stewie. Good to know Re: Passive Solar Design in Sydney 9Mar 01, 2016 10:51 am Where it becomes difficult is where you have a door such as a bifold leading out onto a balcony on the same wall as a window with a sill at standard 1000mm above floor level. Not so much of a problem where the stud height is 2400 and a usual eaves overhang of 450mm but for any higher and you start to see the door copping some heat in summer. You can vary the eaves width over the doors to stop that but that can lead to problems too unless you go for a shading mechanism. Stewie 0 4975 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 13832 |