@dansphere I agree about the panels in the valley. I have a fully photovoltaic roof on my house and am acutely aware of the problem of overshadowing. Solar thermal panels do not have the same problem and could work better in that space.
@dansphere I dont know why someone flagged your question to me as spam. I am very happy to discuss Solar Thermal. If the roof is appropriate angle and azimuth (for the latitude), its a wonderful solution , gives us lifetime free energy. I also have a Ground source heatpump, and have built my own solar thermal panels to feed solar and air heat to the GSHP - it works even at night!
@dnicholsoncole I've been wondering how to combine heat pump and solar thermal technology. Makes alot of sense even when needing the heat pump to perform cooling as well as heating functions!
I know a system that feeds solar energy and GSHP energy to a central hot water store, but you're just channelling it all through the GSHP then to a store? Sounds great!
@dansphere OK, i have a Blog about the Panel design project, and it is working very well - the worlds only combination 'Solar, Air and Ground source Heatpump' - as far as I know. I have searched for other examples. Basically, the sunboxes are augmenting the heatpump, and because they work on air temperature, they are working even at night, if there is enough warmth in the boxes. try chargingtheearth-dot-blogspot-dot-com (its not possible to post a full web address to Youtube.)
Why is it a shame?... there are millions of such identical houses. climate change is coming, and every old house contributes more carbon to the atmosphere than new ones. With your attitude, people would not have been permitted to fit indoor bathrooms 100 yrs ago.. or telephone.. or electricity. We cannot all live in 1860.
@nederland4045 If you want to live like in 1860, you have to live with no antibiotics, no electricity, cars or phone, and where slavery and colonialism are still normal. Surely not!
@nederland4045 Its not an old house... the one in the movie is actually a replica of an old house. But its intended to be an idea of what could be done to an old house.
Carbon neutral homes are built for more than 10 years!! We can do it NOW!
FEED-IN TARIFFS give US the POWER to MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN and get payed for the energy we sell back to the grid! The best we can do for the climate and for against always rising energy bills is to install solar panels, wind turbines...! WE HAVE THE POWER to make change happen! We do not need a new coal power station at Kingsnorth built by E.ON!
It is a solution that is over elaborate and could not be a formula for transforming millions of existing poorly insulated houses.
dnicholsoncole 1 year ago
oh dear, that just looks silly.
Those panels could not possibly be in an effective position. BAD DESIGN. BAD BAD DESIGN.
I agree joe, greenwash, and not a very good attempt.
dansphere 1 year ago
@dansphere I agree about the panels in the valley. I have a fully photovoltaic roof on my house and am acutely aware of the problem of overshadowing. Solar thermal panels do not have the same problem and could work better in that space.
dnicholsoncole 1 year ago
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dansphere 1 year ago
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@dnicholsoncole solar thermal not having the same problem? I'm curious :)
dansphere 1 year ago
@dansphere I dont know why someone flagged your question to me as spam. I am very happy to discuss Solar Thermal. If the roof is appropriate angle and azimuth (for the latitude), its a wonderful solution , gives us lifetime free energy. I also have a Ground source heatpump, and have built my own solar thermal panels to feed solar and air heat to the GSHP - it works even at night!
dnicholsoncole 1 year ago
@dnicholsoncole I've been wondering how to combine heat pump and solar thermal technology. Makes alot of sense even when needing the heat pump to perform cooling as well as heating functions!
I know a system that feeds solar energy and GSHP energy to a central hot water store, but you're just channelling it all through the GSHP then to a store? Sounds great!
dansphere 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@dansphere OK, i have a Blog about the Panel design project, and it is working very well - the worlds only combination 'Solar, Air and Ground source Heatpump' - as far as I know. I have searched for other examples. Basically, the sunboxes are augmenting the heatpump, and because they work on air temperature, they are working even at night, if there is enough warmth in the boxes. try chargingtheearth-dot-blogspot-dot-com (its not possible to post a full web address to Youtube.)
dnicholsoncole 1 year ago
definition of greenwash - an eco-house sponsored by a corporation determined to build a new range of coal fired power stations
joegibbsrules 2 years ago
What a shame to do that to a old house.
nederland4045 2 years ago
Why is it a shame?... there are millions of such identical houses. climate change is coming, and every old house contributes more carbon to the atmosphere than new ones. With your attitude, people would not have been permitted to fit indoor bathrooms 100 yrs ago.. or telephone.. or electricity. We cannot all live in 1860.
dnicholsoncole 2 years ago
Because it would make a nice old house look bad.
And if people all lived like in 1860 the environment would probably in a better shape.
History is just as important as the future, preserve the one, prepare for the other.
No need to destroy either one.
nederland4045 2 years ago
@nederland4045 If you want to live like in 1860, you have to live with no antibiotics, no electricity, cars or phone, and where slavery and colonialism are still normal. Surely not!
dnicholsoncole 1 year ago
@dnicholsoncole I don't want to live like in 1860, but it would be good for the environment.
Personally I prefer the 1930s.
nederland4045 1 year ago
@dnicholsoncole Too much history is already destroyed. Such buildings have a past, families lived in them, kids were born there, people died there.
Once you tear that down, its gone for ever.
Sure you can upgrade a old house to modern standards but at least do it with style.
What I see in the video is ugly.
I am sure all this can be done in a more historically friendly way that doesn't clash as much with the original building.
nederland4045 1 year ago
@nederland4045 Its not an old house... the one in the movie is actually a replica of an old house. But its intended to be an idea of what could be done to an old house.
dnicholsoncole 1 year ago
@dnicholsoncole Ah ok, well if people do that to modern houses, its fine by me.
I just get upset when old buildings are changed in such a manner.
I would like to see people build a environmental friendly home that still looks like a proper old house.
nederland4045 1 year ago
Carbon neutral homes are built for more than 10 years!! We can do it NOW!
FEED-IN TARIFFS give US the POWER to MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN and get payed for the energy we sell back to the grid! The best we can do for the climate and for against always rising energy bills is to install solar panels, wind turbines...! WE HAVE THE POWER to make change happen! We do not need a new coal power station at Kingsnorth built by E.ON!
austriasalzburg 3 years ago