Browse Forums Eco Living Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 2Jun 14, 2011 7:52 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 5Jun 15, 2011 1:13 pm I read somewhere recently that 30 - 35 degrees East of North is optimal. I think this is due to the heating you receive in the morning when you most want to warm the house up. I think in Summer, it also reduces your sun exposure. If in higher latitudes in Vic, summer sun may be less important. If a good architect has designed it, they will probably done modelling to work out exactly how much sun energy will be received through the day and through the year and tried to find the best balance. Simply saying place all your windows in this direction may be good, but fine tuning may be good too. Check the place out first and see how comfortable it is and whether they are using the heating a lot. See more info here: http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs43.html Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 6Jun 15, 2011 7:37 pm The living room will be cold all winter. Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 7Jun 20, 2011 9:00 am I found my original source for the numbers I gave above. It is from the Readers Digest Back to basics book ISBN:0-86449-028-3 I quote: An orientation slightly east of north (about 12 degrees east) is best but anywhere within 20 degrees west of north and 30 degrees east of north receives useful exposure without creating shading difficulties in summer. This seems reasonable to me. Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 8Jun 20, 2011 11:04 am I did a bit of (very unscientific) testing at our current place the other day. It faces due north. Sun stopped coming into house at 4:26pm. Model I had (portable kids cubby house) was situated at 35 degrees NE, sun stopped coming into house at 12:37pm so lost nearly 4 hours of winter sun. Problem is now a non-issue as the house was inspected on the weekend and the layout is anything but practical for general day to day living. Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 9Jun 21, 2011 11:20 am indi I did a bit of (very unscientific) testing at our current place the other day. It faces due north. Sun stopped coming into house at 4:26pm. Model I had (portable kids cubby house) was situated at 35 degrees NE, sun stopped coming into house at 12:37pm so lost nearly 4 hours of winter sun. Problem is now a non-issue as the house was inspected on the weekend and the layout is anything but practical for general day to day living. indi, What time did the sun start coming in in both places? Personally morning sun would be more useful to me to rewarm the house after the cold night. Re: Orientation question - how far off north is still optima 10Jun 21, 2011 11:32 am Will have to redo the test to check this, only thought of it mid morning. Not too concerned about morning warmth as 6 days out of 7 we have all left the house before 8:00am, more interested in late afternoon when we are all home. I'll try and test over the coming weekend. The OP has gone The latch and striker are definitely not aligned but there was no point trying to help the OP understand that. Hence the reason they are no longer with us. 12 5678 Hi i am looking to buy an investment near by North Rothbury. How is this area? is there schools inside this estate? please advice good builders around that area to buy… 0 3021 The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18195 |