[Ferro List] Supertherm Insulation

[ErgoDesk]

More Zero energy ideas
http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/node/667?gclid=CJKTsbW055ACFQl0gwodx0CoXg

On Jan 8, 2008 2:36 PM, tom rapenske <rapenske at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Chris,
>
>  The high desert Native Americans used large thermal mass dwellings to
> provide 'coolth' storage to great effect. Good, modern passive solar
> buidings do the same, and, in fact, even in more humid areas like my KY it
> can be stunningly effective--- open wide your windows and doors for the
> overnight, collect the cold in the interior mass, and then close it all off
> (with radiation blocking daytime shutterings on the large windows) in the
> early summer morns, except for minimal light and ventilation, and then
> later, in the hot afternoon, go inside and enjoy how the stored coolth
> (often not more than 76 deg inside despite outdoor temps at 100+!) will
> radiantly suck your excess body heat from you in minutes.
>
>  Tom
>
> Christopher Glasspool <chrisglasspool at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   You might not want much thermal mass in a high desert climate -.
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Looking for last minute shopping deals?
> Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.
> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
> _______________________________________________
> List mailing list
> List at ferrocement.net
> http://ferrocement.net/mailman/listinfo/list_ferrocement.net
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.
> _______________________________________________
> List mailing list
> List at ferrocement.net
> http://ferrocement.net/mailman/listinfo/list_ferrocement.net
>



-- 
Build Smarter....
http://ergodesk.blogspot.com